Campus Rape Loses Special Status in Trump's Education Department
The U.S. Department of Education Fiscal Year 2018 Budget Summary: Education advocates say President Donald Trump's budget contradicts his campaign pledge to make college more affordable with its proposed elimination of subsidized student loans and cuts in other programs that help students pay tuition. The 2018 budget, unveiled Tuesday, slashes funding for the Education Department by 13.5 percent.
Photographer: Zach Gibson/BloombergWhen Candice Jackson was appointed by U.S. Education Secretary Betsy DeVos as acting head of the Office of Civil Rights in April, Jackson gave little indication which direction she planned to steer enforcement of civil rights law in the nation's schools.
A memo written by Jackson and published by ProPublica sheds light on her direction. Under Jackson, the Office for Civil Rights will no longer apply heightened scrutiny to allegations of sexual assault or harassment on campus. It will also end the practice of routinely checking to see if one allegation reveals a pattern.