https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/05/06/ocr-letter-says-completed-title-ix-investigations-2014-lasted-more-1400-days
Why? Well, of course the answer is obvious. The office isn't staffed to handle the tsunami of cases stimulated by President Obama's ill-conceived June 2014 call for an end to sexual assault on college campuses. And the agency has admitted as much:
Complaints have gone from 20 in 2009 to 123 last year.
http://www.boxer.senate.gov/press/related/150428EducationDepartmentReponsetoLetter.pdf
This, of course, is but one symptom of the disruptions stimulated by the White House's crusade. In previous postings I have pointed to data indicating significant increases in lawsuits by both disappointed accusers and disgruntled accused.
In a weird sort of way this reminds me of the invasion of Iraq in 2003. Assuming a quick victory and quick departure, the wizards in the Pentagon went in with no after-battle plan. We saw where that got us.
We ought to be able to expect more from our "leaders" than these ill-conceived, badly planned, and poorly executed crusades.
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