Baylor University continued to have problems with delays in its response to sexual harassment complaints and improperly handled some cases against athletes since the peak of its scandal in 2016, according to a federal report released Monday.
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"The failure to immediately report sexual harassment to the Title IX Coordinator prevented the Title IX Coordinator from providing a prompt and equitable response as required by Title IX. Moreover, involvement of the Athletics Department in the investigative or fact-gathering process for athletes introduced a conflict of interest into the University's Title IX process, compromising the legitimacy of some Title IX investigations.
The Department of Education report focuses heavily on how the university performed after it vowed to improve its handling of sexual harassment reports in the wake of an internal review eight years ago. Of the 1,578 total sexual harassment complaints filed during the same timeframe, 6 percent were fully investigated, and 34 percent were closed as"declined process." The report noted a concern over whether the university was monitoring the complainants' reasons for declining the Title IX process and taking steps to make sure students and others were not discouraged from filing complaints.
Baylor's Title IX investigators ultimately found three football players responsible for violating the school's sexual misconduct policies, and they were expelled. Crawford filed the Title IX complaint to OCR in September 2016 alleging that the university failed to comply with Title IX in its response to sexual harassment complaints,"particularly those involving student athletes as respondents" and retaliated against her for participating in the Pepper Hamilton review.
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