the remarks by candace jackson were far from just being ill-advised. leadership, those of us who stand up and say we are going to take on the responsibilities of government position, should never displayed bias or preconceived notions. it is dangerous. when a woman or man stands up to make an allegation of , of beingtion sexually assaulted, how dare you make a preconceived notion that 90% of those who come are telling a lie or not being truthful. womens country, for the across this country, so many who are first generation going to college, as the example that was laid out by lois frankel, women who are entering into that next phase of the american dream, that is a college education, how dare you assume and then on top of that, make the assumption that it is not true. every case should be investigated and every case has the responsibility to get the facts. as the secretary of education, i want to say to betsy devos, this is what i expect of you. i want you to be open-minded as you meet with constituents today. listen and talk to groups. those that can

i felt both candace jackson and secretary devos were very interested in understanding the perspective wrongfully accused by also victims as they should be. >> what do you do with being wrong for the protection of sexual assault victims the obama approach under title 9? what needs to be changed? >> i don't know that i would say the protections are wrong. what i think the problem was the pressure that ocr or office of civil rights put on campuses. it was done in a very punitive and coercive manner, which made campuses feel as though they had to be careful about their adjudications and at some campuses, not all campuses, it made them err on the side of finding students responsible, because if a complaint was filed at ocr by a person who had been found responsible, we had one decision that enter time that katherine layman was in charge in favor of an accused student. whereas if a victim files a complaint, they're put on that list of shame before any investigation is even conducted and colleges saw this. they saw their odds of being if trouble were higher if they found students not respons

debate, comments made by the education department's acting assistant secretary for civil rights candace jackson. an interview with the "new york times," jackson said of college rape accusations, 90% of them fall into the category of we were both drunk. we broke up, and six months later i found myself under investigation. isckson who said she herself is srape survivor apologized, did so directly to rape victims in vday's meetings. critics of the obama era guide lines condemned jackson's remarks but said they should not detract from the broader issue that it the guide lines isregard due process and sweep up innocent students wrongly pccused. >> they are real railroaded. >> reporter: deborah gordon is a civil rights attorney for 40 years. >> you are never told who the ttnesses are against you, did anybody see this, has anybody else being questioned. and that's the last thing you do. you give a statement, and then ae day you get something in the mail that says you are being expelled. >> reporter: and that's one reason many on both sides say the best way to handle a campus hape cases is not through

away the trench gender roles, the stuff going on with campus violence in campus rape and what candace jacksonid saying essentially, even the she apologize, that 90% of these cases are because summit is drunk. and now the entity that is supposed to be there to protect against discrimination, protect and ensure that people have a shot at education, she is saying is now going to be neutral. juan: and the importance of her hiring, as one of her deputy assistant secretary's, adam kissel, who comes out of the koch foundation of her have education? >> it is not just the fox guarding the hen house, this is an active undermining of the equity and discrimination roles re embedded since johnson. so it is cutting the money for public schools. it is preferring lenders over and for-profit colleges over students, and now it is actively ocr, the office of civil rights, a supposed to do for the vulnerable. the health care bill comes into this as well. of school districts in america use medicaid. 70%. so if you take the health care bill that basically takes a huge whack at a medicare, ins it as we know it, tha

by comments were made candace jackson, who told the new york times that 90% of accusations on campus are made because of alcohol and bad breakups. apologized forer her comments.

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