Yeah, and when my disciplinary systems have kicked out students for academic misconduct—you know, labeling them as dishonest cheaters and putting EXPELLED on their transcript for all time—using that same preponderance standard, that doesn’t ruin their lives in the same way at all...because that’s somehow an expulsion…

Esteban v. Central Missouri State College (277 F.Supp. 649, 1967) makes explicit that institutions of higher education have a right to set up disciplinary systems to deal with student misconduct, a right that has been affirmed by the Supreme Court. What you erroneously call a “pseudo court tribunal” is really our…

“ it’s not a criminal statute, and not meant to prosecute rape charges.”

I have criminal training, can get evidence, and knowledge on how to conduct a trial—and am a Title IX administrator. So...what’s your argument against me doing this work now? (Former attorney, masters in education, by the way.). It isn’t that this is solely criminal or solely administrative: it’s both.

This is a brilliant piece, Diana, as are all of your pieces on this topic. However, as a Title IX Coordinator (at a D-1 school), there were moments where I wish someone like me had been given an opportunity to add information (a few places I saw some misinformation from outsiders on the student judicial process). Very…