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The Education Departments civil-rights office has closed a Title IX investigation of Liberty University that had been triggered by a sexual-assault claim. The office cited a lack of jurisdiction. <\/p>\n
In a letter addressed to President Jerry L. Falwell Jr., Letisha Morgan, a team leader in the Office for Civil Rights, wrote that the office had learned that the person who filed the original complaint was not a student at Liberty and did not have meaningful and sustained contact with the institution at the time of the alleged sexual assault. <\/p>\n
The letter also said the office had received conflicting information about whether the accused individual had been a graduate student at the time of the alleged assault. Even if true, the letter continued, the accuseds status as a graduate student would not obligate the university to respond under Title IX, because the person who filed the complaint was not a student and the alleged assault did not occur in connection with a university education program or activity. <\/p>\n
The White House recently confirmed that Mr. Falwell would be a part of a task force that he says will look atpossible changesin higher-education regulations. <\/p>\n
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