January 10, 2003

U. of Texas Will Change Procedures for Harassment Complaints

By ROBIN WILSON

The University of Texas at Austin has agreed to change the way it handles sexual-harassment complaints. The shift follows a finding by the U.S. Education Department that the university had "failed to provide grievance procedures that provide for prompt and equitable resolution of complaints."

The investigation stemmed from a complaint that a student in the university's School of Music filed with the department's Office for Civil Rights in September 2001. In a letter to the student last

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