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In the latest attempt to ramp up pressure on the Biden administration to overhaul regulations on how schools deal with sexual misconduct, the advocacy group...
Updated Mar 18, 2021 'The Virus Is Protecting Me': Remote Learning Is Keeping Many Sexual Assault Survivors Safe Some college sexual assault victims welcomed remote learning due to COVID-19 because it was the only form of protection they could get. By Alanna Vagianos Illustration:Rebecca Zisser/HuffPost; Photos: Getty The COVID-19 pandemic has forced hundreds of thousands of college students to learn remotely over the past year. Many have missed out on in-person classes, socializing with friends and, for the class of 2020, graduating in person with their classmates. But for some sexual assaul...
Embed iframe src "https://www.npr.org/player/embed/975645192/975769854" width "100%" height "290" frameborder "0" scrolling "no" title "NPR embedded audio player" ARI SHAPIRO, HOST: Advocates for sexual assault survivors are cheering a move by the Biden administration to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools. Acting on a campaign promise, President Biden has ordered education officials to start considering how to roll back Trump administration rules that bolster the rights of the accused. NPR's Tovia Smith reports. TOVIA SMITH, BYLINE: It's only been...
Biden's effort to change the way cases of sexual assault and harassment are handled by schools is drawing both cheers and fears. The move comes less than a year after Trump enacted the rules.
President Biden President Biden on Monday ordered Education Secretary Miguel Cardona to re-examine his predecessor Betsy DeVos’s controversial rule strengthening the rights of those accused of sexual harassment or assault on the nation's campuses. And, raising the hopes of the rule's critics, Biden said in his order that Cardona should consider “suspending, revising, or rescinding” it. To mark International Women’s Day, Biden signed an executive order spelling out that it’s his administration’s policy “that all students should be guaranteed an educational environment free from d...