DeVos imposes record $4.5 million fine on Michigan State for systemic failure to address sexual abus
Source: Washington Post
The Education Department is fining Michigan State University a record $4.5 million and requiring the school to make major changes after finding a “systemic failure to protect students from sexual abuse."
The public university has faced a reckoning since Larry Nassar, a former USA Gymnastics and Michigan State sports doctor, pleaded guilty to sexual assault and since scores of women gave harrowing testimony about the abuse they suffered — and how school officials did not help them. That was followed by revelations about sexual assault allegations leveled against William Strampel, the former dean of MSU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine and Nassar’s supervisor.
What happened at Michigan State was “abhorrent, inexcusable, and a total and complete failure to follow the law and protect students,” said Education Secretary Betsy DeVos, who had launched investigations by the Office for Civil Rights and the Office of Federal Student Aid.
The Office for Civil Rights investigation concluded that Michigan State failed to adequately respond to reports of sexual misconduct by Nassar and Strampel, failed to take steps to protect students while complaints were pending and failed to act to end any harassment.
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By Susan Svrluga and Moriah Balingit
September 5 at 12:35 PM
Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/education/2019/09/05/devos-imposes-record-million-fine-michigan-state-systemic-failure-address-sexual-abuse-larry-nassar-case/
Full headline: DeVos imposes record $4.5 million fine on Michigan State for systemic failure to address sexual abuse in Larry Nassar case
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