Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
AUGUST 14, 2023
The Department of Education has confirmed that Baylor University, the Baptist research institution in Waco, Texas, is immune from certain Title IX complaints “to the extent that they are inconsistent with the University’s religious tenets,” wrote Catherine E. The confirmation follows other Title IX trouble for Baylor.
University Business
AUGUST 14, 2023
After LGBTQ+ students filed several Title IX discrimination complaints against the Waco-based university — in one case for failing to address homophobic harassment by a former student’s peers — Baylor wrote to the agency’s Office for Civil Rights, arguing that the federal government previously recognized that the university is exempt from certain aspects (..)
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The Change Leader, Inc.
OCTOBER 19, 2021
Federal Government is continuing to create new guidance for higher ed on the Build Back Better initiative. Department of Education, and changing perspectives in relation to areas such as Title IX. This includes funding packages, negotiated rulemaking, new leaders at the U.S.
University Business
JULY 16, 2024
Two important developments targeting the Department of Education have the potential to significantly weaken the federal government’s sway over public education. One has already been set into motion following the U.S. Raimondo, reinstating the judicial branch’s power. Will Project 2025 come into play?
University Business
JUNE 25, 2024
Institutions across more than half the country rushing to comply with recently unveiled Title IX regulations find themselves at a standstill. Seven lawsuits encompassing 26 states argue that President Joe Biden and the Department of Education do not have the proper authority to extend Title IX protection to LGBTQIA+ students. “As
University Business
OCTOBER 6, 2023
The latest list found that colleges and universities in the past year took subtler ways of antagonizing LGBTQ+ students by leveraging their religious affiliation to escape being accused of sexual harassment by the federal government. Those who violate the statutes run the risk of losing out on taxpayer funding.
Diverse: Issues in Higher Education
JUNE 26, 2024
Earlier this year, LGBTQ+ students and victims of campus sexual assault gained new protections under the Biden-Harris Administration’s finalized revision of Title IX regulations. For comparison, the comment period for ED’s Title IX revisions – which went from July 12, 2022, to Sept. 12, 2022 – garnered 240,203.
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