Word: equitableã
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...case is questionable. According to the Office of Civil Rights in the Department of Education, which oversees Title IX compliance, its guidelines only cover sexual harassment, not sexual assault. The complaint alleges that under Title IX, sexual harassment cases must be handled in a “prompt and equitable?? way, and that this change prevents the University from doing so. Assistant Dean of the College Karen E. Avery ’87, however, says the University is committed to providing fair and expeditious procedures to sexual assault victims...
...Department of Education is examining whether Harvard is in violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act of 1972. This law requires schools to provide students with access to “prompt and equitable?? grievance procedures to resolve allegations of sexual harassment, the most severe form of which is sexual assault. The complaint argues that the corroboration rule violates Title IX because it treats complaints regarding sexual violence in a manner that is neither prompt nor equitable since other types of misconduct are investigated and disciplined without corroborative proof...
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