If Education Secretary Betsy DeVos wants a real-world demonstration of the perils of her new campus sexual-assault directives, she should pay a visit to Utah.
Over the last two years, my Pulitzer Prize-winning colleagues have documented a host of problems surrounding how colleges up and down the state have responded to sexual violence on campus, bringing heightened awareness and major policy changes.
Much of that could be undone under the new guidance that DeVos sent to schools last week. The recommendations, in essence, would let colleges shift the burden of proof, making it harder to prove a nonconsensual sexual encounter occurred.