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Education Secretary Betsy DeVos says USC's expulsion of Matt Boermeester shows a 'failed system'

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Betsy DeVos said Thursday that the system for handling sexual assaults on college campuses is broken. And she thinks USC’s handling of an investigation into kicker Matt Boermeester shows why.

DeVos outlined her plans to review some of the controversial Obama-era guidelines for investigating sexual assaults during a speech at George Mason University in Virginia.

Without mentioning Boermeester by name, DeVos included an anecdote about a “disturbing case in California” between an athlete and his girlfriend.

USC expelled Boermeester after a school investigation found he put his hands around the neck of his girlfriend, Zoe Katz, and pushed her into a wall.