Sexual harassment and other forms of gender-based violence occupy a larger segment of the national conversation than ever before. Repeated revelations of harassment by famous men have dominated the news cycle over the past year, but a major part of the larger national conversation has also focused on sexual misconduct on college campuses. Recently, the Trump Administration took a major step to revise federal policy related to campus sexual assault. In November 2018, the Department of Education proposed a rule that would change how schools respond to sexual harassment and assault under Title IX, the federal law prohibiting sex-based discrimination in any federally funded school. The period for public comment on the proposed rule ended last week. The proposed rule would take the novel step of articulating a definition for Title IX sexual harassment, which the Education Department considers consistent with Supreme Court case law: unwelcome conduct so…
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