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Education Department touts settlement as ‘model’ for campus sex assault policies

By Kristen Lombardi

The U.S. Department of Education says two recent settlements will serve as a new model for how colleges, universities, and the department de

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"… ns against three more universities in the next year. …"

"… nter — in collaboration with National Public Radio — reported that the Education Department rarely investigates student allegations of botched school proce …"

"… t saying that foul play had not occurred. In June 2008, a complaint to the Education Department spurred by the Dickinson case resulted in a $350,000 fine again …"

"… e dean was eventually acquitted of the criminal charge. But last year, the Education Department found that the college had violated Clery reporting requirement …"

Center collaboration with NPR wins Peabody Award

A Center for Public Integrity collaboration with NPR was recognized with a Peabody award for NPR

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"… g congressional action on Capitol Hill, and leading the U.S. Department of Education to strengthen its oversight of how colleges and universities handle campus …"

"… of how colleges and universities handle campus rape cases. Next week, the Education Department is set to announce new guidance on how schools should address s …"

Education staff has shrunk as responsibilities ballooned

By Laurel Adams

The Department of Education has one of the largest discretionary budgets, $160 billion, and is responsible for more than 200 grants programs

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"… s, so it could reduce beneficiary spending as well. (GAO) …"

"… eased by 13 percent, while responsibilities and grants programs ballooned. Education officials expressed concern that the 4,200-person staff was reassigned to …"

"… te workloads across offices or needed resources.“Until the Department of Education estimates a more consistent agency wide approach to developing workload es …"

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Continuing impact from Center series

By Kristen Lombardi

April is Sexual Assault Awareness Month. And as commemorating events get underway nationwide, the Center for Public Integrity’s recent proje

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"… ary proceedings, as well as subsequent findings and sanctions, to the U.S. Education Department. Other provisions would bolster that department’s enforcement …"

"… s, we have proof … that these reforms are needed,” he tells PaperTrail.Education Department officials have already promised to ramp up enforcement of Title …"

Biden, Duncan highlight new federal guidance on campus sex assault probes

By Kristen Lombardi

Obama administration hopes new policies will address problems raised by Center series.

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"… active approach to combating sexual violence, Vice-President Joe Biden and Education Secretary Arne Duncan unveiled the first-ever explicit federal guidance on …"

"… nt victims feeling further victimized. The failure of both schools and the Education Department was the subject of an award-winning investigative series&n …"

"… and cases involving gag order for victims.“We have to do better,” the Education Secretary added, “and we have to do better now.” The new 19-page “d …"

"… ust days after news that Yale University students have urged the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, to immediately investigate …"

For-profit schools with Web, health care classes depend more on federal student aid

By Julie Vorman

For-profit schools that specialize in health care, offer web-based classes, and/or are owned by a publicly-traded company depend most heavil
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Grading the billionaires on education reform

Billionaires deliver B-minus to C-minus grades on education reform

The $19 million land purchase that wasn’t

By Dusty Smith

In the end, it simply wasn’t worth it. Officials in Loudoun County, Virginia, rejected a $19 million land purchase on Tuesday, following pu

Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr.: A remembrance

By Charles Lewis

WASHINGTON, March 26, 2007 — In the last hours of February, at the age of 89, Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. passed from this world. Not only did

The Center’s impact in 2010

By Bill Buzenberg

The true value of an investigative story is not measured in Web hits, media partners or awards – it’s whether our reports help improve the w

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"… xual assault reports online for the first time. As well, the Department of Education cited two universities with Title IX violations as a result of the investi …"

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