Dive Summary:
- The U.S. Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights is investigating Dartmouth College and the University of Southern California for violations of the law forbidding gender discrimination at schools, a spokesman for the office said.
- The USC investigation stems from a student complaint; the office initiated the Dartmouth investigation on its own.
- Representatives for both schools said their schools would cooperate with the investigations and work to improve their policies.
From the article:
... Known for guaranteeing female students equal access to college sports programs since its inception in 1972, Title IX has been more recently cited by women across the country saying that their schools don’t properly prevent and investigate sexual assaults and abuse. ...
