This past year, we were treated to a blizzard of academic admonitions to diversity of opinion, as colleges embraced safe spaces, disinvited controversial speakers, wrote rules on Halloween costumes, blacklisted members of associations, and generally did everything to stifle the presentation of views in conflict with the established orthodoxy.

Now thanks to the Constitution trampling of the Departments of Justice and Education, Title IX may now be used to as a weapon to quickly and efficiently eliminate any unwanted expression of opinion.

Seems Justice and Ed have jointly released new guidance to colleges pertaining to sexual assault. The institutions may now immediately suspend a student accused of sexual assault because of a prior “failure to provide effective interim safety measures” even when the accuser is anonymous. In other words, an anonymous accusation placed via a cell phone app can lead to the immediate dismissal of the accused.

So if you want to get rid of a student who you disagree with, go the app, register an accusation, and the student might be packing by morning.

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It's getting crazy.

I put a lot of blame on the instant gratification that is so deeply ingrained in our society today.

http://iwf.org/blog/2800425/-Kafka-Comes...t-Evidence
Kafka Comes to Campus: Punishment without Evidence -

One problem is that Justice and Education are supposedly offering mere “guidance,” not specific regulations, so schools will have to infer what they must do from letters like the one to the University of New Mexico. But they’ll get the message. Some 228 colleges and universities are under investigation for Title IX violations, and complaints to the Education Department’s Title IX office have increased 502% over four years. -

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Punishment Without Evidence on Campus

Starting with a 2011 “Dear Colleague” letter, the Education Department has reinterpreted the Title IX law that prohibits sex discrimination at educational institutions, creating legal obligations that do not exist in federal statutes. Schools can now lose taxpayer funds if they use a “clear and convincing” evidentiary standard for adjudicating assaults instead of the less rigorous “preponderance of the evidence.”

A new round of federal letters appeared starting in April. The one that expanded the definition of sexual harassment the most—and how schools must respond—was the finding of a Justice Department investigation into the University of New Mexico’s grievance protocol.

Justice said UNM violated Title IX in part because of a “failure to provide effective interim safety measures.” Interim measures are imposed on an accused student before any official ruling on guilt. They can include provisional suspensions for the accused; no-contact instructions akin to a restraining order; restrictions on when students can use libraries, dining halls and athletic facilities; evictions from dorms; and bans on extracurricular activities.