COLUMBIA, Mo. (AP) – New data indicate the University of Missouri saw an uptick
in reports of discrimination and harassment in the 2017-2018 school year
compared to the previous year.
The Columbia Missourian reports the university’s Office for Civil Rights and
Title IX recently released data showing the campus office received 750 reported
violations of the school’s anti-discriminatory policy last school year, up from
693 reports the previous year.
The office is responsible for resolving incidents reported under Title IX, the
federal law that deals with gender-based discrimination and sexual misconduct in
schools that receive federal money.
The office resolved 182 of the incidents reported last year.
The office’s assistant vice chancellor, Andy Hayes, says reports of sexual
assault require full investigations. The office conducted formal investigations
into 46 cases last year, and 11 individuals were sanctioned.
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