Higher Education Legal Resources
Title IX
Access the Title IX OCR (Office for Civil Rights) Case Letter Database here
Note: This indexed database of OCR campus sexual misconduct investigation letters is updated regularly.
- OCR Dear Colleague Letter – January 2013
- OCR Dear Colleague Letter – April 2011
- NCHERM Response to Dear Colleague Letter
- Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties
- Revised Sexual Harassment Guidance: Harassment of Students by School Employees, Other Students, or Third Parties 2001
- Title IX Regulations
- OCR Title IX Preponderance Standard Letter
- OCR Dear Colleague Letter October 2010 (bullying)
- OCR Dear Colleague Letter July 2003 (First Amendment)
- OCR Decision Letter re: investigation of Eastern Michigan University
- OCR Decision Letter re: investigation of Notre Dame College
- Transcript of Press Conference Call on Office for Civil Rights Guidance on Campus Sexual Violence April 4, 2011
- Video of the Biden/Duncan Press Conference at UNH (April 4, 2011)
- Additional resources are available on the ATIXA website
Federal Clery Act Documents
- Westat Clery Reporting Update, March 2012
- 2011 Handbook for Campus Safety and Security Reporting (Clery Handbook)
- 2010 Clery Act Compliance Checklist (includes HEOA updates)
- 1990 Campus Security Act with 1992 Amendments
- 1994 Campus Security Act Final Regs
- Strikethrough Version of 1998 Clery Act
- 1999 Clery Act Final Regulations
- Uniform Crime Reporting — NIBRS Crime Definitions
- FBI Uniform Crime Reporting Manual
- 2010 Summary of New and Revised Campus Safety and Security Reporting Requirements from the US Department of Education (Word DOC)
SECTION 504/DIRECT THREAT
- OCR investigation letter to Mount Holyoke College December 2008
- OCR investigation letter to Spring Arbor College and resolution agreement December 2010
- OCR investigation letter to St. Joseph’s College New York January 2011
- OCR investigation letter to SUNY – Purchase College January 2011
Clery Act Violations
- Article on Fines for College of Mt. St. Clare
- Program Review Report — College of Mt. St. Clare
- Program Review Report — College of New Jersey
- Program Review Report — Miami University
- Program Review Report — Moorhead State University
- Program Review Report — Ramapo College of New Jersey
- Program Review Report — University of Pennsylvania
- Program Review Report — West Virginia Wesleyan
FERPA
- 1998 FERPA Amendments – Campus Crime Disclosures
- 1998 FERPA Amendments Regarding Alcohol & Drug Violation Disclosure
