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121 Students Disclosed Potential Sexual Harassment to College's Title IX Coordinators Last Year
Harvard College’s Title IX coordinators received 121 disclosures of incidents of potential sexual harassment last academic year, a nearly four-fold increase since the 2013-2014 school year, according to the University Title IX Office’s annual report.
New Title IX FAQs Expand On Previous Guidance
Half a year after some undergraduates criticized a University-issued frequently asked questions document about sexual assault as legalistic and inaccessible, Harvard’s Title IX Office has added a new series of answers to questions about campus sexual harassment policy and procedures.
Analysis: Harvard Uses Previous Policies for Some Sexual Assault Investigations
For students, faculty, or staff who filed complaints about conduct that occurred before September 2014, when the new policy went into effect, the investigative office uses the previous, school-level policies to define sexual harassment and sexual assault.
After 34 Cases, Central Sexual Harassment Office Aims to Increase Staff
Harvard’s central office for investigating cases of sexual harassment has heard 34 cases since it opened in September 2014 and started a pipeline program to hire more investigators amid increased demand.
Document Offers Insight Into Harvard’s Sexual Assault Policies
A newly-released Frequently Asked Questions document clarifies that students accused of violating Harvard’s sexual harassment policy may turn to attorneys as their personal advisers.
Central Office Has Heard Record Number of Assault Cases
Of the 25 to 30 cases the Ofice for Sexual and Gender-Based Dispute Resolution has heard since fall 2014, between 10 and 15 are still open; more than half of the open cases were filed in the last two months.
Law School Hires Chief Human Resources Officer
Kevin B. Moody will serve as the next assistant dean and chief human resources officer at Harvard Law School beginning Oct. 19.
At Town Hall, Students Respond to Sexual Assault Survey
About two dozen students reacted to recently released findings about the incidence of sexual assault at Harvard, telling administrators about a climate of distrust on campus and questioning if the College can change it.
After Survey, Determined Faust Promises Conversation and Seeks Change
“We have a huge amount of work to do and we need to change this culture and these kinds of realities," University President Drew G. Faust told a packed lecture hall on Monday.
Administrative Turnover Riddles Law School Title IX Rollout
A series of departures and new arrivals among staff members means Harvard Law School's administration is in flux as the school itself transitions to a new Title IX approach.
A Call to Arms
Law School professor Janet Halley is pushing back against Harvard and the government's approach to Title IX.
College Appoints Full-Time Title IX Coordinator
Miller previously served as a case manager on the Administrative Board in addition to working part-time as the College’s Title IX coordinator.
Law School Still Awaits Government Sign-Off on Title IX
More than two months after having received initial feedback on its Title IX procedures from the federal Office for Civil Rights, the Law School has still not received final sign-off from OCR on its updated draft.
Nine Months Later, Central Title IX Office Is Still Understaffed
Harvard has not yet fully staffed the centralized office that is in charge of investigating reports of sexual harassment, more than nine months after administrators announced its creation.
Law School Appoints Title IX Committee
Dean of Harvard Law School Martha L. Minow has appointed a Title IX committee to begin implementing the school’s new set of procedures for responding to cases of sexual harassment, according to Robb London, a Law School spokesperson.
Law School Examined Peer Title IX Policies When Crafting Procedures
When a faculty committee at Harvard Law School convened to craft a new set of sexual harassment procedures for the school last fall, they examined existing processes at peer institutions, according to Law professor John Coates, who chaired the committee.
Federal Bill Would Regulate Colleges’ Handling of Sexual Assault
New federal legislation on sexual violence could change the way the University reports, advises, and assesses its approach to cases of alleged sexual violence.
Harvard Finalizes Sexual Assault Climate Survey
The survey, which is a localized version of an Association of American Universities survey that 28 schools will issue this spring, will ask student respondents a range of questions on sexual misconduct and affirmative consent.
Following Government Feedback, Law School To Implement Title IX Procedures ‘Soon’
After moving to break from Harvard's University-wide Title IX procedures, Harvard Law School has received comment from the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights on its own set of procedures.
In Memo, Law Profs Pushed for Title IX Procedural Changes
The 20 faculty members submitted the memo to a faculty committee that Dean of the Law School Martha L. Minow tasked last fall with creating new Law School-specific Title IX procedures following widespread faculty discontent over Harvard’s central framework.
Two College Students Dismissed for Sexual Misconduct
The cases were the last reviewed under the school’s interim sexual harassment policies and procedures, FAS Dean Michael D. Smith said at Tuesday's meeting of the Faculty.
Central Office To Hear FAS Faculty Sexual Harassment Cases
FAS's finalized sexual harassment procedures were released Monday afternoon and remain largely unchanged from a draft version presented at December’s Faculty meeting.
Karvonides Responds to Law School’s Departure from Central Title IX Procedures
The working group that crafted Harvard’s newly centralized sexual harassment policy and accompanying procedures did not anticipate that individual schools would deviate from those procedures to the extent Harvard Law School may, according to University Title IX Officer Mia Karvonides.
Analysis: Law School Probe’s End May Mean Closer Scrutiny for College
Now that the government’s investigation into Harvard Law School’s compliance with Title IX has concluded, its ongoing probe at the College may focus more specifically on the undergraduate school’s own handling of sexual harassment.