On Thursday Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced the department would begin the process of changing regulations dealing with campus sexual assaults. DeVos said the Obama-era policies have “failed too many students” and stressed focusing on the rights of victims and the accused. Critics argue DeVos’s plan is an attack on sexual assault survivors, while others applaud possible changes to a system they say denies due process and free speech. We discuss the announcement and its possible effects
Guests:
Ana Tintocalis, education reporter, KQED
Michele Landis Dauber, professor of law and sociologist, Stanford University
Kathleen Salvaty, UC systemwide Title IX Coordinator, University of California Office of the President
Janet Halley, law professor, Harvard law school