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Ethics and Title IX

Higher Ed Connects: Ethics

The Department of Education recently handed down a $4.5 million fine , the largest-ever of its kind, to Michigan State for “its systemic failure to protect students from sexual abuse” and requires the school “to make major changes to its Title IX procedures.” This article will cover: Title IX and Compliance.

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The Role of Title IX in Preventing Sexual Violence

College for Creative Study

Written by Jess Ettell Irvine, Title IX Coordinator April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month and it is a time to educate about the prevalence of sexual violence that occurs approximately every 68 seconds in the United States and bring attention to preventing future violence. These are assumptions we need to change.

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2022: Year in Review

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Biden Administration U.S. President Joe Biden, left, is flanked by Secretary of Education Dr. Miguel A. The Biden-Harris administration anticipated that the debt forgiveness would impact 95% of student loan borrowers, or about 43 million people. Some good news came in late summer as U.S. She retired from ETS in February 2022.

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Education Department outlines 'ambitious' regulatory agenda

Confessions of a Community College Dean

“This is especially ambitious in light of everything that the department’s already done and everything that they still need to finish,” said Clare McCann, a higher education fellow at Arnold Ventures, a philanthropy, who previously worked in the Education Department during the current administration.

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These 3 religious colleges draw the ire of an LGBTQ+ watchdog

University Business

Under Title IX, institutions are prohibited from discriminating based on sex in any education program or activity operated by a recipient of federal financial assistance. Enter Faulkner University, Oak Valley College and Baylor University, institutions which have all successfully filed for a Title IX religious exemption.

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Is Biden’s Title IX rule built to last? This expert is unsure

University Business

President Joe Biden’s long-delayed Title IX rule was finally released last week, broadening protections for pregnant students and employees and for those who identify as LGBTQIA+. Title IX is, a higher ed leaders know, the U.S. The Trump administration soon overturned many of those measures in 2020.

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Washington Update: Higher Ed Policy, Regulations, and Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 182 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

Drumm McNaughton and Tom Netting focus on the Higher Education Act of 2019 (HEA), the FAFSA Simplification Act, and various Title regulations. The Higher Education Act (HEA) was signed into law in 1965 and is supposed to be renewed every five years. So let’s jump right in on that. [00:03:24]