So, you really think all it takes is an accusation. No investigation, nothing. How did you get this naive?
It has happened many times. If a crime is alleged it is not for college staff to ‘investigate’.
some universities have their own police but criminal investigations are a different thing
If one is alleging they are the victim of a crime and they want something done about that crime, then it is for the legal system to deal with.
It is totally wrong that the institution decides to kick out someone based upon their idea of an investigation.
In fact that approach should be illegal if it isn’t already. School staff aren’t lawyers and neither should they behave as though they are judge and jury where people’s futures are concerned.
It ain’t rocket science.
From what I hear, "their idea of an investigation" is what the Obama era policies were about. Too many colleges were burying these incidents in order to save their reputations, so the administration told colleges they needed to investigate when there were accusations of sexual assault or harrassment. However, as many here have pointed out, colleges are not courts of law and they aren't equipped to be. This has given the accused a reason to say they did not receive "due process." If you look at the case 2AGuy posted back several pages ago, the guy
was found to have committed sexual assault, but the beef was the investigators didn't question him about additional accusations of creating a hostile environment in a class. So what, is my question--if he committed sexual assault (which the article doesn't argue) the fact that they didn't question him about talking dirty to her in a class doesn't change anything important.
So one must be careful. The Obama era rules were put in place to give fairness to victims. If they need to be adjusted now to make them more fair, fine.