The City University of New York’s Hunter College violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 when it failed to appropriately respond to a student’s complaint that she was sexually harassed by a professor, the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights announced Monday. “OCR assessed whether Hunter failed to respond promptly and equitably to complaints of sexual harassment and sexual violence, including from the complainant,” the department stated. “And, whether as a result of those alleged actions, the complainant and other students were subjected to a sexually hostile environment.”
Read more at Inside Higher Ed: https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2016/11/01/hunter-college-found-violation-title-ix
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