(CNN) Last Thursday, Education Secretary Betsy DeVos made a speech announcing the reversal of Obama-era policies on campus sexual assault under Title IX, the federal law on gender equity in education. This was met with a wave of outrage on social media and in progressive publications. There were angry accusations that the move would harm women and protect rapists; a #StopBetsy hashtag sprang up on Twitter. Why the fury? DeVos offered a full-throated defense of due process, asserting that "every survivor of sexual misconduct must be taken seriously" but "every student accused of sexual misconduct must know that guilt is not predetermined."Cathy Young: Betsy DeVos announced she'd reverse Obama guidelines on campus sexual assault, and was widely deridedYoung: But DeVos was right to defend due process for the accused, who "must know that guilt is not predetermined."
Given the odium in which this administration is held in academia, as well as its general unpopularity and incompetence, the odds are not good: Even if _ formally rescinds the Obama administration guidance, college administrators will likely be under pressure from feminist and social justice groups to stick with their post-2011 rules, and the consensus to develop alternative structures such as the regional centers may never emerge.