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...while the OCR found that the Ad Board procedure does not violate gender discrimination laws, in their final meeting of the year, the Faculty may strike the three little words which seem to have started it all—“independent corroborating evidence??—from the policy for investigating peer disputes in favor of a softened statement encouraging students to submit evidence to support their claims...
After the complaint was filed, the University changed the phrase “independent corroborating evidence?? to “corroborating information” and then to “supporting evidence?? in the section on peer disputes in the online version of the guide to the Ad Board...
Last spring, students rallied against Lewis for pushing a new requirement that those making rape accusations present “sufficient corroborating evidence?? before the Ad Board investigates allegations of sexual assault. This year, the requirement was overturned...
...cause of that rally, which was covered by the national media, was new language on the peer dispute policy which required students who said they had been sexually assaulted to provide “sufficient corroborating evidence?? before the Administrative Board would decide to hear a case...
...change to the handbook.” That “minor” change was the now-infamous “corroboration rule,” which required any student bringing a complaint of assault or harassment before the Ad Board to provide “independent corroborating evidence?? before a full investigation could be launched. According to statistics extrapolated from a University Health Services report, an estimated 58 rapes occurred on Harvard’s campus last year, yet the Ad Board had investigated only seven incidents, and even these few investigations were conducted by officials...