Tuesday, May 17, 2016

Sokolow interviewed on Nightline on Title IX and amnesty policies

ATIXA Executive Director, Brett Sokolow, interviewed on Nightline as part of a segment on Title IX and amnesty policies.

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Monday, May 16, 2016

Sokolow quoted on Yale sexual misconduct case

Brett Sokolow, who advises colleges on the handling of sexual misconduct cases as president of the National Center for Higher Education Risk Management, said that the pushback from alleged assailants "is going to get much worse before it gets better, once these cases [against the universities] start to win, which they are doing now." He's seeing more cases that are not getting dismissed — an initial win — as "judges are getting more acclimated" and seeing that "the college process needs to be looked at more carefully.


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Monday, April 25, 2016

Sokolow in CHE

President & CEO Brett Sokolow comments in The Chronicle of Higher Education on due process rights of accused students: “If universities are violating the rights of accused students, that is a failure of the university to balance two sources of law, Title IX and constitutional due process.” More at http://ow.ly/4mXbTq

HuffPo on DOE lawsuit

The Huffington Post reports on a new lawsuit targeting the U.S. Department of Education at http://ow.ly/4mXgV7. Commenting on their alleged violations of the Administrative Procedure Act (APA) through the 2011 DCL, President & CEO Brett Sokolow: “Sub-regulatory guidance is inherent in OCR’s authority to administer the equity mandates of the Title IX regulations, which were appropriately authorized under the APA.”

CEO on institutional image and reputation

“Public institutions must be careful custodians of public funds.” President & CEO Brett Sokolow talks institutional image and reputation with The Christian Science Monitor at http://ow.ly/4mXhEG

Monday, April 18, 2016

U of Nine app featured in The Daily Campus

Sokolow discusses Title IX education and prevention efforts using U of Nine from ATIXA and Trivie: "I think there is an advantage with an app in that students don’t have to travel to the program because the program travels with them."


More at ow.ly/4mJrJE

Friday, April 15, 2016

NaBITA Executive Director discussed mental health services at community colleges

NaBITA Executive Director Brian Van Brunt comments on the challenges and remedies, including behavioral intervention teams, of mental health services in the Community College Journal.

“Many professors are adjuncts and they never had training in how to manage a class, in the art and sciences of it.” More at http://ow.ly/10FMsS