Title IX
Title IX is the responsibility of which government agency?
What is Department of Education?
Title IX investigations must be...
What is thorough, reliable and impartial?
What behaviors are incompatible with Longwood's commitment to diversity and educational equity?
What are sexual misconduct, sexual discrimination and sexual harassment
What is a complainant?
This process begins upon the filing of a formal complaint.
What is an investigation?
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 applies to these specific people.
All students, employees, volunteers, visitors, and contractors at Longwood
The Title IX investigation process must be what in order to be in compliance with Title IX?
What is prompt, effective and equitable?
Consent is valid when it is.....
What is informed, freely and actively given and requires clear communication between all persons involved in the sexual encounter.
This triggers the university's response to possible gender based discrimination
What is notice?
Evidence of a fact which requires that an inference be made between the evidence and the conclusion to be drawn from it.
What is circumstantial evidence?
Title IX prohibits what type of discrimination?
What is gender based discrimination
Under Title IX, once Longwood learns of possible gender based discrimination the university must:
When an individual takes non‐consensual or abusive sexual advantage of another for his/her own advantage or benefit, or to benefit or advantage anyone other than the one being exploited, and that behavior does not otherwise constitute one of the other sexual misconduct offenses.
This may consist of rumors, anonymous online postings, unsubstantiated third party reports.
What is constructive notice?
This occurs when someone can’t make rational, reasonable decisions because the person lacks that capacity to give knowing consent (can’t understand the who, what, when, where, why or how of the sexual interaction).
This person has an obligation to inform victims/reporting parties that they can speak with a confidential entity, they must report all incidents of sexual violence to the Title IX Coordinator, and there are support services.
Who is a Responsible Employee
An impartial investigation is one that is:
What is objective and unbiased.
Interpersonal violence becomes relationship violence when what is present?
What is when a relationship involves physical or emotional intimacy. Physical intimacy is characterized by romantic or passionate attachment or sexual activity.
An initial inquiry to determine if a comprehensive investigation is desired or necessary.
What is a preliminary inquiry?
This information should be provided to the interviewee before the start of an interview.
What is:
- Role of Title IX Investigator
-Voluntary Nature of Investigation and Privacy
- Process and Policies
Resources (on and off campus)
Title IX compliance is enforced by which agency?
Department of Justice
An investigation is considered reliable when it consists of what standards?
What is credible evidenced evaluated using a preponderance of the evidence standard.
What is retaliation?
What is an act an action taken by an accused individual or an action taken by a third party or a group of people against any person because that person has opposed any practices prohibited under this policy or because that person has filed a complaint, testified, assisted, or participated in any manner in an investigation or proceeding under this policy.
The university may continue forward with an investigation without a complainant when this is present.
What is independent corroborating information of the misconduct.
These are the goals of an interview.
What are to
- Learn the facts/timeline
- Understand each party’s perception Of the event and the process
- Try to learn what is more likely than not what happened (is that the truth?)