Georgia Tech will face questions today from a state lawmaker looking at whether the school is doing enough to protect the rights of students accused of sexual assault and other wrongdoing.
State Rep. Earl Ehrhart, the Cobb County Republican hosting Monday’s hearing, says he is concerned about due process rights of students at all of Georgia’s colleges, but particularly Georgia Tech.
Georgia Tech has expelled or suspended nearly every student it has investigated for sexual misconduct in the past five years, according to reports viewed by The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. The school has also handed down stiff penalties to fraternities, including one in which members were accused last summer of hurling racial slurs at a black female student.
The hearing could be the first time Georgia Tech president Bud Peterson speaks publicly about the institution’s student discipline processes since recent reports about the impact of the school’s aggressive disciplining. Peterson and other Tech administrators have been invited to the meeting and could testify.
Read more about today's hearing and what other due process safeguards Rep. Ehrhart wants in place at Georgia's public colleges at myAJC.com.
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