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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...
...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...
...Office for Civil Rights (OCR) of the Department of Education has decided to proceed with its investigation. At the time the complaint was filed, an OCR spokesperson said that once the decision to go forward had been made, the investigation could last three to six months...
...complaint also says a new policy that would refer some cases to mediators violates OCR guidelines prohibiting sexual assault matters from being resolved through mediation...
...OCR first received the complaint yesterday and officials will take a few weeks to determine if there will be an investigation of Harvard’s policy, said OCR spokesperson Roger Murphy. If there is an investigation, he said, cases generally range from three to six months...