http://www.kansascity.com/news/government-politics/article27055324.htmlBest segment from the article; congrats Barmak Nassirian, you've played every side quite well:
Officials with the American Association of State Colleges and Universities commended KU for seeking to fully comply with Title IX regulations. Yet they said they worry that in doing so, “due process may have been trampled,” said Barmak Nassirian, the association’s director of policy analysis.
Nassirian said he faulted the environment the Office for Civil Rights has created around Title IX: “No one wants to end up on that list” of schools under investigation for possible Title IX violations.
“There certainly has been a persistent concern in the higher education community with how to balance due process regulation of American law with some of the demands made on behalf of Title IX,” Nassirian said. “We concede that institutions have significant responsibility, particularly with issues of sexual violence. … But saying it has an obligation to take on police power outside its jurisdiction is problematic.
“To do so in a way that may violate fundamental American rights is doubly alarming.”
Free speech advocates are keeping a close watch on the case.
