Title IX Today
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Current Title IX policies and how Centre adheres to them
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2017-05-15T20:34:17-07:00
Title IX, federally, requires all school to have a dedicated coordinator who deals with sexual misconduct issues on campus. For Centre College that is Kay Drake, Vice President of Human Resources and Administrative Services. However she is supported by a team of staff and faculty who help her address theses issues. In an interview taken with her she discusses this team.
When was the Title IX Team formed at Centre?
Who is on the Title IX Team?
In this interview Drake mentions the change in policy to the current Sexual Misconduct Policy. This policy outlines Centre’s policy regarding “sexual harassment, sexual violence, sexual exploitation, dating violence, domestic violence, stalking, cyber-stalking, bullying and cyber-bullying when based on sex or gender.” It explicitly states that Centre does not tolerate violations in any of these categories when from or directed to staff, faculty, and students. Drake also mentions an online training program entitled Haven. This is a program that all students, staff, and faculty are required to take upon entering Centre. It’s program outlines what sexual misconduct is and how to address these issues. In an article from 2014, Laura Humble ‘15 reports on the reactions students have had regarding this new policy change and the implementation of the Haven program. The concerns brought forth by Jeffrey Podis ‘16 and Claire Phillips ‘15 were that it was “so long that people might begin to lose interest” and “it was a little shallow.” These fears were legitimate as many students have expressed that they could just click through the program paying little to no attention. However, as Caroline Anderegg ‘15 pointed out, it was effective in beginning conversations on campus.
In an interview with Emily Greenwell, President of Centre Feminists for the 2016-2017 school year, we talked to her about the current Title IX policy.
What changes do you hope to see from Centre’s administration?
Emily address as specific act, the Mcleary Act, more information regarding the specifics of the act can be found here. Kay Drake responds to some of the concerns raise by Greenwell in her interview.
What are your hope for the future of Title IX on campus?
What is SPEAC?
As one can see there is a disconnect between what some students want from their college and what the administration is providing or thinks they should provide. Dialogues have been started and the students, faculty, and staff are all now working together to address issues on campus today.