Dive Brief:

• The University System of Maryland's Board of Regents is considering changes to its policy on sexual misconduct.
• Representatives of the Maryland attorney general’s office fielded questions from regents about the policy on Tuesday, the Associated Press reported.
• The changes under consideration include barring schools from requiring mediation between an alleged victim and the accused perpetrator, expanding the definition of consent, and adding new definitions of consent, domestic violence, dating violence, and stalking.

Dive Insight:

Frostburg State University in Western Maryland was one of the 55 colleges and universities listed as being under investigation for its handling of sexual abuse complaints under Title IX. Each university in the system must develop its own policy by Dec. 31 and the policies may vary slightly. The system currently has two sexual misconduct policies that will be replaced by the new one: one on sexual harassment from 1992, and one on sexual assault, from 1995.