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UM Regularly Missed Deadlines to Investigate Sex Assault Allegations

April 14, 2014, 6:45 AM

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Here's another black eye for the University of Michigan.

The school regularly failed to meet deadlines to investigate claims of sexual assault on campus, David Jesse of the Detroit Free Press reports.

That conclusion came in a  report issued Sunday by the university’s Central Student Government charges.

“(U-M) routinely failed to meet its 60-day deadline to conduct investigations, apparently due to a lack of staffing,” CSG President Michael Proppe told the Free Press. “While the increase in reporting of sexual misconduct is encouraging, the university should have responded by hiring an additional investigator more quickly.”

The probe into the reporting practices follows the highly embarrassing dismissal of football player Brendan Gibbons in December.

The dismissal came four years after a student accused Gibbons in November 2009 of sexually assaulting her at a fraternity party. 


Read more:  Detroit Free Press


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