In compliance with the federal Title IX regulations—see § 106.45(b)(10)(i)(D), which provide that, for all trainings held on or after August 14, 2020, MIT post “[a]ll materials used to train Title IX Coordinators, investigators, decision-makers, and any person who facilitates an informal resolution process” for Title IX Sexual Harassment—IDHR maintains and posts the following training materials:
2025
Campus Sexual Misconduct Conference by Massachusetts Society for a World Free of Sexual Harm by Youth (MASOC), June 11, 2025:
- Keynote
- Plenary
- Session 1: Working with Respondents in Sexual Misconduct Cases: Perspectives from Practitioners
- Session 2: Sexual Misconduct by Women on Campus: What We Know, What We’re Learning, and How It Can Shape Practice
Title IX: Advising With Compassion, March 26-28, 2025:
Title IX Coordinator Foundations: Gender Equity Foundations for Higher Education, March 5-6, 2025
2024
Title VI Investigator Workshop, December 2024
Panel Training – Conduct Policies, Adjudication and Appeals (MIT), September 2024
Intermediate Interviewing Techniques & Strategies for Higher Education, March 2024
2023
Basic Compliance Training, October 2023
Panel Training – Conduct Policies, Adjudication and Appeals (MIT), October 2023
Navigating Credibility, Reliability & Authenticity When Assessing Evidence, September 2023
MIT Prohibited Conduct and Adjudication and Appeals: Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment, August 2023
Title IX Advisors, July 2023. Length: 5 hours
Conducting Fair and Thorough Trauma Trauma-Informed Investigations, July 2023
Title IX Special Training for the Boston Consortium, May 2023
Title IX Alternative Resolutions Training, March 2023
Title IX Hearings in a Post-Regulatory World, 2023
Leveraging Technology to Support Effective Case Management, 2023
NPRiMer Preparing for the Pending Title IX Regulations for Higher Education, 2023
2022
True Equity at the Intersection of Title IX & DEI, ATIXA National Conference 2022
Anti-Racist Strategies for Supporting Black Women Rape Survivors, October 2022
Civil Rights Investigator Four: Training and Certification Course, October 2022
Technology-facilitated Sexual Abuse, October 2022
Committee on Discipline Subcommittee Meeting: Policies & Overview, September 20, 2022
The Art of Facilitation: Tools for Successful Training, September 2022
Decision-Maker Training, 2022, (8-hour workshop)
MIT Prohibited Conduct: Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment (MIT), January 2022
Adjudication and Appeals: Discrimination and Discriminatory Harassment (MIT), January 2022
2021
Committee on Discipline Subcommittee Meeting: Policies & Overview (MIT), October 19, 2021
Hearings 201: Ready, Set, Go!, 2021
Title IX Coordinator Training, 2021
- This course consists of nine modules of class instruction with written materials and assessment. Lecture topics include: Title IX definitions, jurisdiction, and preliminary matters; conducting a Title IX investigation; hearings and appeals; anatomy of an OCR investigation; Title IX training and policies, and athletics equity and the effect of the new regulations on athletics departments.
Rationale Writing Workshop for Decision-Makers and Investigators, 2021
- This 4 hour (half-day) workshop is fully engaging and hands-on for decision makers and investigators. Often as part of an investigation report, and always as part of the hearing and appeal outcome letter, a rationale must be provided. This rationale includes an analysis of all the facts considered, policy application, a credibility assessment, application of the standard of proof, finding, final determination, elaboration of sanctions, and the reasons therefor.
2020
Power-Conscious Approaches to Addressing Sexual Violence Among College Students, September 2020
Committee on Discipline Subcommittee Meeting: Policies & Overview (MIT), August 25, 2020
Other training
MIT is a member of the Student Conduct Institute of the State University of New York (SUNY). You can find SUNY SCI Title IX training materials on their website.