Hollywood has a long history of keeping its problems with sexual misconduct hidden in the shadows. In more than one instance, stars have openly disregarded sexual assault allegations to instead show support for the accuser.
The majority of the changes address how reports of sexual assault, sexual harassment, sexual exploitation, domestic violence, stalking and other prohibited offenses are investigated and tried. In the new policy, Title IX cases will be heard by a panel of two trained faculty members and one student instead of the general conduct board of five students.
A few weeks ago, a student filed a lawsuit against Northeastern University and five administrators and staff members for mishandling her sexual assault case. Since then, Northeastern has remained silent about the case and this issue on campus.
A Northeastern student is suing the university and several administrators and staff members, alleging that the school mishandled her 2013 sexual assault case.
