College students are heading back to campus under sexual assault rules created during President Donald Trump’s first term – ones that survivor advocates say offer more protections for students accused of sexual assault than those who survive it.

The Trump administration told schools in January that Title IX, the federal law that bans discrimination based on sex and governs how schools respond to complaints of sexual misconduct, will be enforced under 2020 rules after the Biden administration’s version of the rules were only in place for a few months in 2024.

The policy change comes amid the Trump administration’s monthslong campaign to pull funding from universities that refuse to toe the line on a host of issues, from diversity programs to transgender athletes and pro-Palestinian pr

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