Associations Nows covers new Super Member category

“The association is run by the nation’s foremost experts on Title IX, and early on, the goal was for the association to offer training to members, as mandated by law, and for members to share resources as they developed them,” Brett Sokolow, ATIXA executive director, said in an email. “However, members faced such an uphill challenge and so lacked resources that they turned to ATIXA from day one to develop those materials.”

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Inside Higher Ed quotes Sokolow on recently released OCR guidance

He said “the real import” of the guidance, however, is that it was sent to K-12 districts as well, not just colleges.

“K-12 is still the Wild West for Title IX, and OCR explicitly applied its previous standards, directed toward colleges, as applicable to K-12,” Sokolow said.

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ATIXA Offers Expert Summary on Office for Civil Rights New Guidance

BREAKING NEWS: Office for Civil Rights Issues New Guidance
ATIXA Offers Expert Summary

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ATIXA announces new Super Member category

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Sokolow quoted in HuffPo on Vassar case

For private colleges that apply policies the way Vassar does, Sokolow continued, they should say, "We're a private college, our rule is you can't sex if you've been drinking, and if you do, we'll kick you out."

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ABCNews.com quotes Sokolow on Vassar case

Schools trying to find a happy medium between rights of victims and the accused are increasingly hiring lawyers to investigate sexual assault allegations, said Brett Sokolow, [President & CEO] of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, which advises colleges on Title IX. His firm represents 72 institutions and has trained over 5,000 school administrators.

More than 50 court cases are pending nationwide, he said.

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New York Times highlights Sokolow on student involvement in hearing panels

But the most important reason, Mr. Sokolow said, is that many victims may not come forward if they know their peers will judge them. The process is difficult enough, he said, without forcing victims to face people they know already or may later see in classrooms, cafeterias and dormitories.

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