Sexual Assault/HarassmentTitle IX

Title IX Complaint Filed Against the University of Southern California

usc-thumbThe University of Southern California in Los Angeles is the latest among a considerable group of higher educational institutions that are subjects of complaints filed with the U.S. Department of Education. The complaint was filed by the Student Coalition Against Rape (SCAR), a group that was founded earlier this year.

Co-founder Tucker Reed, who is now the author of children’s books, states that she was raped by her boyfriend of two weeks in December 2010, when she was a student at the university. Reed openly blogged about the incident and identified the perpetrator. She received comments from other students who claimed that the university had not properly responded to their claims of sexual assault. SCAR filed the complained with the Department of Education when Reed was informed that the university would not take any action regarding the incident.

You can read her blog here.

Elizabeth Garrett provost and senior vice president for academic affairs addressed the issue in an open letter to the university community. You can read her letter here.

LEAVE A REPLY

Please enter your comment!
Please enter your name here

This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Learn how your comment data is processed.

Related Articles

Latest News

Michelle R. Johnston Named the First Woman President of the University of Montevallo

0
Although it was initially founded as school for women, the University of Montevallo has never had a woman president. Now the university has reached a historic milestone and selected selected Michelle R. Johnston to serve as its next president.

Katy Ho to Lead Portland Community College in Oregon

0
Dr. Ho is the new acting president of Portland Community College. Prior to her new role, she was the college's executive vice president.

Five Women Scholars Selected to Lead Professional Organizations in Their Fields

0
The women who are taking on new leadership roles with professional academic organizations are Yasmeen Shorish of James Madison University in Virginia, Elena Carbone of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, Shelley Lusetti of New Mexico State University, Oona Hathaway of Yale Law School, and Keisha Blain of Brown University.

Katherine Yelick to Direct Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory

0
Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory is a national program run by the University of California for the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Science. Dr. Yelick, a computer scientist and longtime UC Berkeley faculty member, will become the laboratory's next director on July 1.

Two Women Selected for Key Interim Leadership Roles with the Universities of Wisconsin

0
Renée Wachter, chancellor of the University of Wisconsin-Superior, has been selected to serve as interim president of the Universities of Wisconsin. Maria Cuzzo, provost of UW-Superior, will serve as the university's interim chancellor while Dr. Wachter assumes her new responsibilities.

Latest Job Listings

President

0
The next president will lead one of the most successful and well-respected community colleges in the country.

Research Assistant Professor, Kenneth C. Griffin Department of Economics

0
The selected candidate should have expertise and experience in theoretical models in labor and public economics as well as in microeconometrics and programming.