Many colleges are moving to hire and train specialists to handle the cases. Some universities have added as many as three full-time staff members to focus on the issue. To keep up, the Assn. of Title IX Administrators has increased the number of administrators it is training annually from 300 to 1,500 in the last three years, said Brett Sokolow, the group's executive director.
Before 2011, he said, the job of Title IX coordinator was
"just a title" and the vast majority of those who held it were
unaware of their responsibilities. Now, he said, it's a full-time position that
oversees campus policies on sexual misconduct and the process to review every
complaint.
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