T-SHIRT OF THE DAY: ASK ME HOW MY COLLEGE IS PROTECTING MY RAPIST

[Xithras]

10. DU is fairly split on the subject

As a former educator who spent a decade of my life and career on college campuses, I think the notion that colleges are even nominally equipped to handle these cases is naive, at best. As I've mentioned before, the Title IX complaint coordinator for my old college was also the Dean of Library services. A librarian, with no legal or investigative background, was in charge of the group that determined whether these cases had any merit. And how did she get that job? By being the only person who applied when the administration posted it as a five hour per week stipend position.

That kind of thing is woefully common in higher ed. The DoE requires that colleges provide the resources, but provides no funding to implement any of it. So the committees end up being staffed by unqualified, under-trained volunteers. And then the students wonder why things aren't handled "professionally".