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Harvard’s new procedure to handle sexual assault cases does not violate Title IX gender discrimination laws, the University said in its response to a complaint about the policy filed with the federal Office of Civil Rights (OCR...
...response, filed on Sept. 9 but just made available by OCR, reiterates Harvard’s commitment to addressing claims of sexual harassment and details the Administrative Board procedure as well as on-campus resources available to victims of sexual harassment...
Where The Crimson went astray, however, was in its assertion that the Title IX claim now pending before the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is “questionable.” As defined by OCR, Title IX forbids sexual harassment in education—and characterizes the most severe form as sexual assault. To say that sexual assault is not sexual harassment is to believe that the use of words to harass and intimidate women on campus violates civil rights laws, but the use of physical or sexual violence to bring about...
...Crimson’s suggestion that the Title IX claim is an ineffective method of seeking change. The Coalition Against Sexual Violence (CASV) has worked in good faith with Harvard to improve its response to the problem of sexual assault since 1998. And in the few months since the OCR claim was filed, there have been several changes that might not have happened if students had not reached out to the Department of Education for intervention. Just last week, Harvard announced a new administrative position—Coordinator of Sexual Assault Prevention Services. We are optimistic that this new hire...
...ongoing Office of Civil Rights (OCR) investigation into Harvard’s sexual assault policy might be one reason for the new position, said Wendy Murphy, a Boston lawyer representing the student who filed the OCR claim...