Everyone deserves due process. Title IX at many universities has been broken a very long time. I had a horrific experience in the early 2000s when a colleague was falsely accused. Have seen much ridiculousness since. This is NOT a partisan issue. Justice matters for everybody.
The title IX investigator in that case made her decision before hearing any evidence: he was guilty. When I was called in to testify, I told her all the evidence the accusation was false & done for purposes of the accuser keeping a job that was due to expire.
I got so frustrated with the title IX investigator, I started crying. I was afraid my colleague would unjustly lose his whole life. She told me my tears were proof I knew he was really guilty. It was a miracle I didn't punch her.
After it was all over, they found he had done nothing wrong. But they gave the false accuser a semester off of teaching for the stress the investigation had caused her. No shit. I asked who can I falsely accuse to get a semester off teaching?
It was not long after that that I quit my tenured job at MSU. This was one of the reasons -- the feeling of being in a system that had no rationality to it. It was also irrational in terms of my attempts to balance new motherhood & work.
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