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Zisser: Colleges and universities can make the Title IX process less traumatic, if they choose to
The U.S. Department of Education finalized its new Title IX regulations in April, undoing much of the damage the Trump administration caused with its 2022 regulations. This damage included requiring college students’ complaints of sexual harassment or sexual violence to go to a live hearing where the complainant and the accused is cross-examined in the presence (usually via Zoom) of the other party. This requirement is rife with problems and has contributed to the breakdown in students’ trust in local universities and other Bay Area institutions’ commitment to student sexual safety in recent years. Title IX cases are administrative, akin...