The University of Oregon Higher Education Administration’s Incompetence

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Good morning, Atlantic Cost Conference (ACC) sports fans.

I’m going to step out of the ACC today – and once again, talk about Title IX once again.   As a review, here’s what Title IX covers:

Title IX covers all forms of sexual harassment, and sexual violence is considered a form of sexual harassment. Sexual harassment under Title IX includes any unwelcome sexual conduct, such as unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, and other verbal, nonverbal, or physical conduct of a sexual nature. Sexual violence refers to physical sexual acts perpetrated against a person’s will or where a person is incapable of giving consent. Title IX also prohibits sex-based harassment, which may include acts of verbal, nonverbal, or physical aggression, intimidation, or hostility based on sex or sex-stereotyping, even if those acts do not involve conduct of a sexual nature.

Have the university higher education administrators learned nothing from Baylor University?  I’ve extensively blogged about Title IX problems at Baylor University on many occasions.

According to a report from The Oregonian (this is the Portland, Oregon newspaper):

The University of Oregon has agreed to pay a student who said she was gang-raped by three UO basketball players last year $800,000 and free tuition, housing and student fees to end her lawsuit against the school.

President Michael Schill said the legal settlement announced Tuesday should allow the school to shift its focus from how the rape accusation was handled and toward eradicating campus sexual violence. Yet Schill, who took office July 1, faces skepticism among some faculty members.

Schill said the university, which is running a capital campaign to raise $2 billion, is taking steps including plans to hire a Title IX coordinator responsible for preventing, investigating and addressing sexual-misconduct allegations.