Seeking to Strengthen Sex-Assault Policies, Colleges Draw Fire From All Sides

Depending on whom you talk to these days, Harvard University’s policies to prevent sexual assault either are woefully inadequate or risk trampling on the rights of men following tipsy, consensual hookups. Similar sentiments swirl in discussions at Ohio State University, another institution caught in a tug of war as it struggles to revise sexual-misconduct policies in ways that are fair to both the accusers and the accused. Both campuses have been faulted by the federal government for failing to adequately protect victims, while simultaneously being lambasted by those who say the institutions are overcorrecting and being unfair to the accused.


・ From Chronicle of Higher Education