Just follow the rules, even if they conflict

From Inside Higher Ed comes an article that describes why universities will have a hard time dealing with issues of sexual harassment/assault:

The U.S. Department of Education is seeking to help block the release of records about how the University of Montana punished a student accused of sexual assault, citing student privacy laws -- at a time when the Obama administration is pressuring colleges to become more transparent about the issue...

Full story at https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/12/16/us-says-records-athlete-accused-assault-should-not-be-released 

We have been noting the practical problems UCLA and other universities will have dealing with an issue that in some cases is basically a crime/police matter. And we have noted that there can be cases in which faculty are in one way or another caught in the middle.