Soraya Chemaly questions Cornell's disciplinary consequences
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“a lack of clarity and meaningful consequences has been glaring”
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Soraya Chemaly questions Cornell's disciplinary transparency and the consequences it imposed.
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Cornell says its Title IX process resulted in expulsions and suspensions, and says no student was offered an essay as the sole consequence of conduct found to have occurred.
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Chemaly discussed the civil complaint, the campus editorial and Cornell's response in a newsletter essay.
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Cornell later said it had imposed expulsions and suspensions but has not publicly detailed each student's outcome.
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Responding to: Cornell's disciplinary response to the Chi Phi allegations was inadequate.
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Chemaly criticizes the lack of clarity and what she considers insufficient consequences in Cornell's response.
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