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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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Washington Update: New Guidance for Higher Ed on the Build Back Better Initiativewith host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Tom Netting | Changing Higher Ed Podcast 096

The Change Leader, Inc.

Department of Education, and changing perspectives in relation to areas such as Title IX. When higher education programs align with compassion for students, student persistence and graduation rates change for the better. This includes funding packages, negotiated rulemaking, new leaders at the U.S.

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University of Denver Investigates Antisemitic Incidents

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The campus Office of Equal Opportunity and Title IX is also investigating the acts.

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Getting Title IX off the sidelines and into NIL deals

University Business

As a result, collectives are not obligated to follow the rules promulgated under Title IX, which protects people from discrimination based on sex in education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Title IX and NIL are inseparable even if not obviously compatible.

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DePaul Cannot Dismiss Title IX Case, Court Rules

Confessions of a Community College Dean

An Illinois district court denied a motion by DePaul University Monday to dismiss a wrongful-termination Title IX lawsuit brought by a sports psychologist whose company provided mental health care to the university’s student athletes. Monday’s ruling dispelled the notion that Title IX has such limits.

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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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1100 Colleges and the Republic’s March to Madness

Higher Ed Connects: News

When the only reason a higher education program is not illegal is because it accomplishes a purpose unrelated to education, the idea that the program is at least out of sync, if not out of compliance, with one’s university charter seems worth considering. Higher education’s exploitation-is-ok message must end.