Harvard University Goes For The Money, Gives Up Equal Protection and Due Process Rights

Clever piece of legislation, making business for lawyers. Like other universities Harvard joins the grasp for U.S. taxpayer funds, denying their students faculty and administrators Due Process rights. Disappointing that Harvard did not challenge the law itself. This policy discriminates against men a violation of the law with which it purports to comply. It will generate lawsuits for damages which requires a preponderance of evidence. Rape is a state crime. State courts address that act assisted by specially trained police, medical professionals, and prosecutors. Is the system so flawed it cannot be fixed?

[From article]
According to the policy, a number of actions, including conduct that “interferes with or limits a person’s ability to participate in or benefit from [University programs]” fall under “unwelcome sexual conduct.”
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While there is no timeframe for original complaints to be filed, appeals must be delivered within a week of the release of the final investigative report.
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The new procedures also allow for complainants to request anonymity,
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Karvonides said in a press release that the new central investigative office “will create a new level of continuity and consistency” in the way the University handles allegations of sexual assault. She also said that though central investigators are at the center of the new policy, individual schools will be involved in cases involving their students.

http://www.thecrimson.com/article/2014/7/3/new-sexual-assault-policies/

Univ. Announces New Sexual Assault Policy Including Central Office, ‘Preponderance of the Evidence’ Standard
New Policy Does Not Include Affirmative Consent Requirement
By MATTHEW Q. CLARIDA and MADELINE R. CONWAY,

Harvard CRIMSON STAFF WRITERS
July 2, 2014