Home > Opinion > DeVos is right to replace the Dear Colleague Letter
By Megan Brewer —
On Sept. 7, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos announced she wants to replace the “Dear Colleague Letter” set in place by the Obama Administration in 2011.
The letter is a set of guidelines that colleges must to recieve federal funding follow when a sexual assault is reported.
The rules allow colleges to punish a student accused of sexual assault without substantial evidence, making the investigation more of a he-said-she-said situation.
Colleges don’t have to perform a formal investigation that’s of the same standard as a police investigation.