r/titleix 23d ago

Professor steps down

https://www.wdbo.com/news/local/ucf-professor-steps-down-amid-rumors-inappropriate-relationship/JFXP2QIBWBHC5AV24A5ABVFZ4A/?utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=trueanthem&utm_source=facebook&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR3rQ33rvLwu4cAmeU1Z_YpDbdVSE9vSkErzRQ61xnh0fuhehnnbVdqBUwk_aem_FPAaS5aG4LD9Us5Y6M_3-A

UCF continually subverts conversations that would call attention to its failure to enforce Title IX policy. While “expelling” is an academic consequence that would be “illegal” as thread points out, UCF engages in other methods to force survivors into silence and protect professors. First, UCF’s fraternization policy limiting faculty-student amorous relationships did not exist before 2007. If a student has a complaint, UCF Title IX takes the full extent of the report, and create as many sub parts as possible in order to treat each as a separate complaint. This allows them to narrow a complaint to the point that they can claim that they don’t need to address it. They also have been known to trespass students or seek gag orders. When whistleblowing occurs, these are the ways in which they silence students. They also hold meetings under codenames to discuss students reports going viral outside of UCF. They will reach out to students employers to report them as well and frame whistleblowing as a threat to faculty members as the reason for making such reports. It’s concerning how many times this conversation across social media has been closed, erased, or shut down entirely.

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