CHAPEL HILL, N.C. — The former assistant dean of students at the University of North Carolina (UNC) has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, claiming that the university violated the Clery Act and Title IX, among other federal laws.
Melinda Manning filed the complaint Wednesday, along with three students and one former student. It states that in 2011, the university’s counsel office pressured Manning to underreport cases of sexual assault for 2010 to the federal government, stating that the number of cases she compiled were “too high.” In that year’s Clery report, UNC reported 19 forcible sex offenses for 2010, three lower that what Manning originally submitted to the Office of University Counsel, The Daily Tar Heel reports.
Manning, who became assistant dean of students in 2001, states that she began to encounter a hostile work environment in 2010, claiming that her direct supervisor, Dean of Students Jonathan Sauls, lashed out at her with threats, retaliation and silence. The stress of the situation eventually affected her heath, according to the complaint, which adds that the hostile environment violated Title IX’s guarantee to an equal opportunity work environment.
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