FIRE Sends Followup Harassment Inquiry to OCR, NAS Co-signs
May 09, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We sign on with FIRE' s letter asking OCR to break its silence on new harassment guidelines.
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OCR Harassment Guidelines And Campus Policies: The Latest
Apr 25, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
The implementation of OCR's campus harassment guidelines unfolds. Bad gets worse.
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One Year Later: OCR Stonewalls Objections to New Harassment Guidelines
Apr 04, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Despite strong protests from NAS, FIRE and the AAUP, OCR says nothing about its new harassment requirements
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Proposed Changes in VAWA Could Further Undermine Due Process Rights on Campus
Mar 27, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
CEI attorney Hans Bader examines the implications of proposed revisions to VAWA
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FIRE Notes NJ Anti-Bullying Law Endangers Free Speech On Campus
Feb 01, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
No one should tolerate genuine bullying, but the sensitive enforcers of ambiguous anti-harassment laws often overstep their bounds.
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Sexual Harassment Industry Rides Rough at Yale
Jan 30, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts, KC Johnson |
New guidelines from the US Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights stack an already slanted deck even more heavily against the accused.
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FIRE Sends Open Letter to OCR on Sexual Harassment, NAS Co-Signs
Jan 06, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
We collaborate with FIRE against OCR guidelines that trivialize sexual harassment with severe results to the careers of those frivolously charged.
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NAS Signs Open Letter Asking OCR to Better Define Sexual Harassment
Jan 06, 2012 by Ashley Thorne |
NAS joins ten other organizations in requesting the Office for Civil Rights to use the Supreme Court's standard in defining student sexual harassment in higher education.
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That Man May Revel in His Freedom of Speech
Jan 05, 2012 by Glenn Ricketts |
Is the use of inclusive use of the masculine singular pronoun grounds for accusations of sexual harassment? It was at CSU-Chico till FIRE ridiculed them with "Speech Code of the Year."
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No Evidence of Sexual Harassment? Guilty, Says the Dean
Dec 12, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Professor Arthur Gilbert, a long-time, highly regarded faculty member in the University of Denver's Joseph Korbel School of International Studies is still seeking vindication, following his outrageous treatment by senior DU… Continue Reading | 1 Comment >
FIRE: Sen. Leahy Pulls OCR Standards From VAWA Re-Authorization
Nov 14, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy, chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee has withdrawn his proposal to incorporate the "preponderance of evidence" standard of proof from the current draft version of the Violence Against Women… Continue Reading | 4 Comments >
Anti-Bullying Regulations in DC Promise Ubiquitous Micromanagement
Nov 07, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
There may well be a threshold at which verbal abuse constitutes legitimately punishable harassment, but the bill currently under consideration by the DC Council goes way, WAY, beyond those limits: "Virtually no speech or behavior… Continue Reading | 3 Comments >
The AAUW - More Manipulation by Survey
Nov 07, 2011 by John Leo |
John Leo scrutinizes another dubious alarmist survey from the AAUW. Unfortunately, most of the media usually give them a free pass.
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Still More: A Student Affairs Administrator Disputes “Victim-Friendly”…
Oct 28, 2011 by Ashley Thorne |
This open letter at Inside Higher Ed by an anonymous student affairs administrator is the most powerful piece of evidence I've seen so far showing why the mandates in the Office of Civil Rights' "Dear Colleague"… Continue Reading | Leave a Comment >
More on Sen. Leahy’s VAWA Amendment
Oct 28, 2011 by Glenn Ricketts |
Vermont Sen. Pat Leahy's proposed codification of OCR's outrageous new "guidelines" for college sexual harassment case procedures has been getting some close public scrutiny and deservedly scathing criticism.
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