Letter states standards in assault cases
(04/06/11 6:08am)
Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced guidelines Monday to help schools and colleges across the nation better understand their obligations when responding to allegations of sexual assault. One guideline instructs administrators to require allegations of assault to meet a "more likely than not" standard of evidence, rather than the stricter "clear and convincing" standard that most institutions currently employ.