Thursday, May 15, 2014

Sexual assault meets vigilantes on college campuses

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http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/05/15/some-victims-sex-assault-are-going-public-identifying-those-they-say-raped-them#sthash.uCRChbsx.dpbs

The Obama Administration has made sexual assault the issue du jour in higher ed.  Questions such as:

Are the definitions of "assault" and "harassment" overly broad?

Should colleges be expected to adjudicate these accusations?

How do we avoid the horns of the dilemma: if the alleged victim doesn't sue us, the alleged perp probably will?

go unaddressed.

Consequently, I predict, suits such as this will become all too common:

http://www.phillymag.com/news/2014/05/06/expelled-philadelphia-university-student-sues-school-sexual-assault-allegations/
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