Colleges consider a new 'blueprint' for responding to sexual assault

The documents in Montana's settlement offer precision not found in other recent resolutions of sexual-misconduct investigations by the Education Department, says Brett A. Sokolow, chief executive of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, a law and consulting firm. This settlement can guide colleges on how and whom to train, with what content, and how frequently, he says. 

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Michelle Issadore, M.Ed. and Daniel C. Swinton, J.D., Ed.D. comment on new OCR guidelines

Michelle Issadore, M.Ed. and Daniel C. Swinton, J.D., Ed.D. comment on new OCR guidelines in Holding Colleges Accountable, a June article in Inside Higher Ed. Issadore makes note that recent changes have been in response to student assembly and that students are becoming more informed about their rights under Title IX and the Clery Act, and they're organizing." Swinton discusses how the principles and approaches outlined in the recent Montana Resolution Agreement are "transferable to many institutions."