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Doe v. the Regents of the University of California, a class-action lawsuit involving students accused of sexual harassment, was dismissed by the Alameda County Superior Court on Thursday.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos announced Monday the creation of an online portal that will allow higher education institutions to more easily report foreign gifts and contracts valued at more than $250,000.
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As a society, when will we stop silencing the voices of these victims? When will the phrase “enough is enough” be taken seriously?
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The U.S. Department of Education released a series of new guidelines for handling Title IX cases Wednesday, including a requirement to hold live hearings and allow cross-examination — a decision that UC administration said it opposes.
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U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos authorized a 0% interest rate and suspended payments on federal student loans Monday in response to the national emergency of COVID-19, the new coronavirus.
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Here’s what we know about the city of Berkeley and UC Berkeley’s campus response to COVID-19, more colloquially known as coronavirus.
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The university must hold the values of fairness and humanity equally close as we confront these issues. In this challenging time, our commitment to this work and to the UC community is steadfast and as strong as ever.
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A policy regarding the process of handling sexual misconduct accusations went into effect across the UC system Friday after a California court of appeals ruled in December that the respondent is entitled to certain rights, including the right to cross-examine the claimant and the right to a hearing in higher education environments.
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The Berkeley Unified School District, or BUSD, came under fire last year from community members and eventually the California Department of Education, or CDE, for failing to properly handle a Title IX violation in a district elementary school, as first reported by Berkeleyside.
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Title IX revisions proposed in November by U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos are still under consideration after the submission of more than 100,000 public comments during a 62-day comment period.
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