The university was notified Monday that the Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education would investigate a complaint that the university “failed to promptly and equitably respond to complaints, reports, and/or incidents of sexual violence of which it had notice … and, as a result, students were subjected to a sexually hostile environment.”
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The university immediately responded to the notice with a statement saying:
“We’re very proud of our student sexual misconduct policy, our prevention efforts and our programs to support survivors of sexual misconduct. We will fully cooperate with the Department of Education and we believe that a review of our policy, programs and investigations will conclude that the University of Michigan is doing what it should in this important area.”
The letter also says, “Please note that opening an allegation for investigation is no way implies that OCR has made a determination with regard to its merits.”
