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Your editorial (“Title IX Complaint Questionable,” Sept. 18) exhibits myopic and wishful thinking divorced from “real world” experience. My 35 years in criminal defense and civil liberties litigation give me a very different perspective...
...obviously, in many of these cases, corroborating evidence is difficult to obtain before an investigation even begins. For this reason among others, Harvard’s new policy is a tragedy for sexual assault victims. However, one anonymous student’s recent appeal of the decision on Title IX grounds—which prohibits discrimination in education on the basis of sex—is not an effective way of pressing the administration to remedy its error...
...relevance of Title IX in this 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...
...rather than continuing to fight its own students. The complaint is correct that sexual violence affects women much more than men and that the school’s failure to address sexual assault cases promptly can poison the educational environment for female students. Regardless of its Title IX grounding, this complaint ought spur Harvard to cease its legal squabbling and instead revamp its entire system of dealing with sexual assault allegations...
...quite clearly: Harvard must hear sexual assault cases in a professional and timely manner. Without doing so, the university gives the impression that the comfort and safety of its female students is not worthy of the school’s resources. Whether Harvard can lose federal funding for Title IX violations should be less important to the school than whether its female students can feel comfortable living and studying here...