Changes in the rules governing how institutions handle student sexual assault and harassment cases are in the works. How might colleges respond in the interim?

In March, the Biden Administration issued an executive order signaling changes in rules governing how colleges deal with sexual misconduct, discrimination, and harassment on campus. The order calls on the Department of Education and the Office for Civil Rights to “review all existing regulations” within Title IX, the federal civil rights law that protects college students from sex-based discrimination at any institution that receives federal dollars, and then offer “new guidance” on how the law should be reworked.

Originally published in The Chronicle of Higher Education - May 2021.