Sex assault cases strain universities' discipline process, Christian says

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'The process Montana universities use to discipline students accused of sexual assault may not be the best system for adjudication, but it’s the only tool the schools have, Commissioner of Higher Education Clayton Christian said Monday.

“The code of conduct was meant to expel students for cheating on a test, not where it’s went,” Christian said. “That’s a challenge and limitation of it. But we’ve got to have some process until we come up with a better one.”

The records produced from one such process, the University of Montana proceedings that found former UM quarterback Jordan Johnson raped a student and that led to his expulsion, are the subject of a lawsuit filed by author Jon Krakauer.

According to Krakauer’s book “Missoula: Rape and the Justice System in a College Town,” published in April, a University Court disciplinary hearing found Johnson raped a female student. Christian, according to Krakauer’s book, later reversed the expulsion.'