{"id":213,"date":"2017-09-15T10:33:52","date_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:33:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/?p=213"},"modified":"2017-09-15T10:33:52","modified_gmt":"2017-09-15T17:33:52","slug":"update-on-title-ix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/update-on-title-ix\/","title":{"rendered":"Update on Title IX"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>MEMORANDUM<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>To:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USC Community<\/p>\n<p><strong>From:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michael W. Quick<\/p>\n<p>Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs<\/p>\n<p><strong>Date:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 September 8, 2017<\/p>\n<p><strong>Subject:<\/strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Update on Title IX<\/p>\n<p>In light of recent news about suggested revisions to federal guidance under Title IX, I want to reassure our campus community that we will continue to take seriously our responsibility to handle sexual misconduct on our campuses.\u00a0 It simply cannot be overstated: this university will not tolerate sexual misconduct in any form, whether it is sexual violence, abuse, stalking, intimate partner violence, harassment, or discrimination.<\/p>\n<p>We continually review federal guidelines as well as California state law in determining modifications to our policies.\u00a0 Over the past several years, we have worked hard to create standards and processes that are fair and protect the rights of all parties, but which have serious consequences for those who are found responsible for violating USC policy. To remind you, when a Title IX investigation determines that sexual misconduct has occurred, we impose sanctions up to and including expulsion. We cooperate fully with the Los Angeles Police Department in any criminal investigation.<\/p>\n<p>To support both reporting parties and respondents throughout the process, we have numerous systems and resources in place, including trained and specialized process advisors and dedicated counselors at the Engemann Student Health Center. Please see <a href=\"http:\/\/titleix.usc.edu\/\">titleix.usc.edu<\/a> for a full description of reporting options, help for those in specific situations, and other resources.<\/p>\n<p>Sexual misconduct has no place in society, and certainly no place at USC.\u00a0 Our Title IX office will continue to do the difficult work of investigating and adjudicating these issues.\u00a0 But all of us have a responsibility to ensure we are a safe, healthy, and respectful community.\u00a0 Please join me in a renewed commitment to come together to prevent these intolerable acts.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Cc:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 C. L. Max Nikias<\/p>\n<p>Academic Senate<\/p>\n<p>President\u2019s Cabinet<\/p>\n<p>Provost\u2019s Cabinet<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MEMORANDUM To:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 USC Community From:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Michael W. Quick Provost and Senior Vice President for Academic Affairs Date:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 September 8, 2017 Subject:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Update on Title IX In light of recent news about suggested revisions to federal guidance under Title IX, I want to reassure our campus community that we will continue to take seriously our responsibility [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-213","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-campus-resources","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=213"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/213\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=213"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=213"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/students.rossier.usc.edu\/edl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=213"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}