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Simply Extraordinary

By K.C. Johnson

Three Duke University students were the victims of the highest-profile fraudulent rape claim in modern American history. That fact alone should make the University particularly sensitive to the dangers of false rape allegations, and the need for a firm commitment to due process in handling any allegation of sexual misconduct. But Duke administrators seem to worry not about violating the due process of rights of their students but instead about running afoul of politically correct campus ideologues. So, starting this semester, the University has adopted a new ?sexual misconduct? policy?a policy that even some Duke administrators fear will lead to an increase in false rape claims against Duke students. -------------- Last Friday, the Chronicle reported the arrival of the new policy...continue to full post

Full post as published by Durham-in-Wonderland on September 01, 2009 (boomark / email).