The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) is investigating Cedarville University in Ohio after complaints the Christian school violated Title IX, a federal law that regulates sexual harassment policies on college campuses.
The complaint filed by a former student said Cedarville lacks a Title IX coordinator and “students were not informed that there is an established reporting policy and investigation process established for cases of rape, assault, and harassment,” according to a statement released by student newspaper, The Ventriloquist. The student said she was the victim of attempted sexual abuse.
But Cedarville officials said they followed Title IX policies, and notes the student actually spoke with the school’s Title IX coordinator, Lisa Todd, who is also the vice president of human resources. Todd began an internal investigation of the student’s case earlier this...