Affirmative-consent rules are intended to set clear standards for what’s required of students. And they’re changing how colleges adjudicate alleged assaults.
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Campus Safety‘Yes’ to Sex? Students Consider What That Looks and Sounds Like
The standard of “affirmative consent” in sexual encounters has spread to many campuses, but students are still trying to figure out how to apply it. -
Campus Safety
As Consent Rules Change, Big Questions Come to the Surface
Hundreds of colleges and a few states have adopted policies requiring affirmative consent. An unusual conference in Texas highlighted moral and philosophical objections to the new approach. -
The Review
The Legal Limits of ‘Yes Means Yes’
Affirmative consent is valuable as a guide for proper conduct, not as a standard for determining responsibility. -
Students
What ‘Yes Means Yes’ Means for Colleges’ Sex-Assault Investigations
Affirmative-consent rules set clear standards for what’s required of students. They’re also changing how colleges adjudicate alleged assaults. -
Students
When a State Decides That ‘Yes Means Yes,’ What Does That Mean for Colleges?
As New York institutions weigh a new “affirmative consent” law, it’s worth looking at how California’s similar one has shaped responses to sexual assault. -
Students
Colleges Wrestle With How to Define Rape
The question is pivotal as campuses try to strengthen their responses to sexual assault. -
Commentary
‘Yes Means Yes’ Isn’t the Answer
New legislation in California implies that campus sexual assaults are merely the result of misunderstandings. The law is a distraction that will not reduce the problem. -
Legal
What California’s New Sexual-Consent Law Means for Its Colleges
A newly signed bill requires colleges to adopt a “yes means yes” standard in handling sexual-assault cases. Here’s how that definition will play out. -
Defining Sexual Consent
California Shifts to ‘Yes Means Yes’ Standard for College Sex
Under the new law, students must have “affirmative consent” from partners for the duration of sexual activity. -
Defining Sexual Consent
How ‘Yes Means Yes’ Already Works on One Campus
Grinnell College adopted such a policy in 2012. While it might sound awkward, students say, it opens opportunity for dialogue and confronts assumptions. -
Students
In Sexual-Misconduct Policies, Difficulty Arises in Defining ‘Yes’
Language varies widely from college to college, but pressure is growing to toughen the standards.
