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Monday, September 25, 2017


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Students

What Does the End of Obama’s Title IX Guidance Mean for Colleges?

By Sarah Brown

Campus administrators say they’ll stay the course in responding to sexual assault for now, but they’re anxious about what’s to come.

Government

Answers to Key Questions About the New Title IX Guidance

By Katherine Mangan

Here’s a guide to the Education Department’s question-and-answer document on campus sexual assault, which contains changes that are already stirring controversy.

Campus Speech

As ‘Free Speech Week’ Crumbled, Berkeley Braced for … Something

By Chris Quintana

Milo Yiannopoulos’s much-ballyhooed conservative festival, which once seemed ambitious, ultimately appears to have fizzled. But the university couldn’t afford to take the event lightly.

Global

Trump Unveils Revamped Travel Ban

By Karin Fischer

New restrictions are likely to further complicate U.S. colleges’ global recruitment efforts.


Views


Commentary

‘Interim’ Guidance on Title IX Creates Confusion, Not Clarity

By Peter F. Lake

Lawyers may be the biggest beneficiaries of the Education Department’s revisions to Obama-era rules on campus sexual assault.

Lingua Franca

When Will ‘They’ Ever Learn?

Ben Yagoda applauds the new Chicago Manual of Style's acceptance — in one context, at least — of singular they.

First Person

When No One Answers the Call

By Jane S. Halonen and Dana S. Dunn

How to avoid a collective game of “Not It” when the chair’s job opens up.


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