Betsy DeVos could change sexual assault policy for the better

[Note: Friends of Justice is a personal blog. I speak only for myself.]

(Mike Theiler/Reuters)

“And yet it is also true that the current regime under which campus sexual-assault allegations are investigated and adjudicated is seriously flawed. Before the Obama administration instructed colleges and universities that they had to take sexual-assault allegations seriously — or risk losing federal funds — the system was way too disposed to discourage complaints. But the Obama administration’s move also prompted an overcorrection at some institutions that failed to do enough to protect the rights of students accused of wrongdoing.”

Read the op-ed by Ruth Marcus in the Washington Post.

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