I teach at Los Angeles Community College District, the largest CC District in the USA, and have taken Title IX training through my work there.
Browsing through the material provided here, I had a refresher on why Title IX is so important for the future and safety of those who work, teach and study in a higher education institute.
Title IX provides support and legal reporting for anyone discriminated against based on sex, gender, ethnicity, and nationality.
It provides support, especially for women from sex-based crimes against them, and protection for future women workers and students from these crimes. As a female advocate, I am grateful for Title IX and the Cleary act.
I wasn't fully aware of the history of title IX (other than sports) so seeing how it's evolved (and will continue to) was interesting. It's an important role at our institutions and having thorough annual training is important.
Is important to understand your campus policy
I learned that the Clery Act was was named after Jeanne Clery and her parents started it after her death as a lobbying effort to improve campus safety. I think this is a great idea because campuses can always be safer and anything we can help to do to create a safer environment the better!
I believe IX exists to help protect students from any unwanted situations that may jeopardize their personal well being
Title IX was inacted to protect students, employees, or anyone from being discriminated against based on gender identity. As an online instructor, we may not be aware of a student's sexual or gender identity but would still follow the law.
Reply to Judy Whitehill's post: So true, in fact it, it seems in some ways more relevant in an online setting where the assumption is often that online makes all processes easier when not all students are equal in their technicalogiacal saavy or they may be psychologically removed from peers. A person online could easliy feel vunerable and unsupported and avoid reporting incidents of discrimination. It is crittical for instrutors providing online material to be familiar with how Title IX works so that they can be effective for their insitution and a resource to students.
The course material is very informative and helpful.
Reply to Harold Ortiz's post:
I agree with Harold's comment on the Title IX training, this was very detailed and informative. It was also interesting to learn about VAWA and how it relates to Title IX. I also agree that this is needed for the safety and wellbeing of all students and employees to protect their rights regardless of race, gender, gender identity in both traditional and online programs.
the Title IX rule was effective on 8/14/20 in order to create a specific process for istitutions of higher education to anage complaints under the rules of sexual harassment ... specifically on campus. It protects, student and employees as well.
Sexual harassment is unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, ect. Sexual violence is a subset of sexual harassment such as dating violence, domestic violence, sexual assault or stalking.
Title IX ensures each institution sets up policy to cover the above mentioned. The institution must adopt and publish grievance procedurs and a policy to take action once a complaint has been filed.
I was surprised to hear that section IX was enacted in 1972- that is uplifting our industry. I am glad we continue to revise the standards with modern times.
Even though I passed several trainings related to the issues oulined in Title IX, I was not aware about the exact institutional responses.
All students, online or on-campus are protected by Title IX and VAWA. In my role as an instructor, it is key that I am not only aware of potential discrimination or violence issues but also the proper handling of those in terms of reporting, confidentiality and student support. I work in an online-only environment but have had situations in which someone felt more empowered to make unwanted and inappropriate comments from their side of the keyboard.
Having a better understanding of Title IX and VAWA is valuable and should remain at the forefront of my awareness.
Title IX was put in place to protect students, employees, or anyone from being discriminated against based on gender identity. I think this a great thing and I agree with it 100%
The overview of Title IX and VAWA was very helpful. I appreciate a focus on safety and this overview has increased my personal awareness. Having defined policies and procedures will further support a safe campus.
Title IX yearly training helps to reinforce what we all should be aware of but serves as a great refresher so all students are protected.
Overviewof Title IX and VAWA-increased required reportin and statistics in recent years to keep campuses safer
Title IX and VAWA in tandem exist to protect educational communities, particularly institutions of higher education from harassment and violence related to gender, sexual orientation, and other protected characteristics. These exist to hold institutions accountable and to ensure that educational communities have appropriate and procedural suppport for handling incidents of violence and harassment.
