Title IX. What Parents Need to Know

WasatchWriter
Wed, 27 Jan 2016 18:41:26 +0000

A student of mine was sexually assaulted last semester. There were no witnesses and no physical evidence of violence. After she reported to the Title IX Coordinator, and then campus police (they are real police), a group of the rapists friends went to my student’s apartment and tried to intimidate her into recanting her allegations. Again, there were no witnesses.

Our Title IX Coordinator seems very dedicated (I communicated with her throughout this process because I am a mandatory reporter), but without corroborating evidence or testimony, her hands were tied. It was the same with the police. They carried out an investigation, but nothing came of it.

Within a few weeks, my student was so anxious that she withdrew from school. It still makes me wince when I think about it.