Sexual misconduct has been a prominent issue on college campuses since the 2005 College Sexual Assault Internet Survey brought the matter to national attention. The U.S. Department of Education under three consecutive presidential administrations, starting with Barack Obama, have grappled with how best to manage this issue through the governing structure of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act. It is now clear that the process developed under Education Secretary Betsy DeVos did more to properly balance the rights of the accuser and the accused.
William H. Beaver (Mon,) studied this question.