Title IX
Title IX Policy Changes Finalized
Story by Kristi Jones / Contributing Writer Photo via Google The Federal Government Education Department finalized the changes to the Title IX Policy and have been put into place since Aug. 14. “Our updated policy meets the new requirements of the federal regulations. The policy requires a member of the University community to file a …
Title IX turmoil: Why the Education Department’s guideline rescission has split officials, citizens
Photo courtesy of Gage Skidmore / Flickr On Sept. 22, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced that the U.S. Education Department was rescinding guidance regarding how universities should deal with sexual assaults under Title IX federal law, which was put into place during the Obama administration. The announcement and subsequent rescission has been met with mixed …
June Anderson Center wins $10,000 Avon Foundation grant, creates new bystander intervention programs
Photo by Alexis Marshall / Assistant News Editor The June Anderson Center for Women and Nontraditional Students recently won a $10,000 grant from the Avon Foundation to help create new programming at MTSU for bystander intervention training. June Anderson Center Director Barbara Scales said that hundreds of universities across the country applied for the grant. The …
MTSU SPARE hosts Take Back the Night event with poet, Title IX educator Olivia Gatwood
Photo and Story by Connor Burnard / Contributing Writer On Thursday night, MTSU Student Programming and Raider Entertainment (SPARE) hosted a Take Back the Night event in the Student Union Commons to conclude April, which is sexual assault awareness month. Take Back the night is a global nonprofit focused on eliminating sexual, relationship and domestic …
MTSU finds athletic department responsible for three Title IX violations
Photo by Chris Curtis / Sidelines Archive Connor Ulrey / Sports Editor contributed to this story MTSU released a report Monday, following a Title IX investigation of the athletics department, finding the university responsible for three equity and compliance violations. The university is required by Title IX to launch an investigation when equity complaints are …
MTSU Athletics Department under federal investigation following Title IX complaint
Photo by Chris Curtis The MTSU Athletics Department is under federal investigation after a complaint was filed with the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights (OCR) on November 19, 2015, alleging “discrimination on the basis of sex.” On March 8, president Sidney McPhee received an email from Brian Gnandt, the acting compliance team leader for the …