Georgia’s Board of Regents last year approved changes intended to improve how the state’s largest public college campuses and universities investigate sexual misconduct complaints, but the adjustments are getting mixed grades from some alleged victims and victim-rights advocates.

The complaints include some investigations take too long and some students found to have violated the rules skirt the guidelines. Campus officials say they’re focused on getting their investigations right.

The Atlanta Journal-Constitution recently interviewed some students, victim-rights advocates, attorneys and campus administrators to learn more about the concerns. To read more, click here.

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Fulton DA Fani Willis (center) with Nathan J. Wade (right), the special prosecutor she hired to manage the Trump case and had a romantic relationship with, at a news conference announcing charges against President-elect Donald Trump and others in Atlanta, Aug. 14, 2023. Georgia’s Supreme Court on Tuesday, Sept. 16, 2025, upheld an appeals court's decision to disqualify Willis from the election interference case against Trump and his allies. (Kenny Holston/New York Times)

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