Title IX

May 18, 2023

Chico State professor says she worries 'all the time' that colleague will carry out alleged threat

Superior Court hears testimony in bid by Chico State to obtain a permanent workplace violence restraining order against suspended professor David Stachura.

Thomas Peele

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

May 2, 2023

Chico State cuts ties with therapist who counseled professor who allegedly made gun threats and concerned faculty

Chico State has dropped a contract with a therapist hired to help faculty and staff deal with alleged gun threats by a faculty member after learning that the counselor was also treating the accused professor.

Thomas Peele

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

April 21, 2023

Chico State professor and his estranged wife each testify as university pushes for restraining order

The university is seeking to make a temporary restraining order against suspended biology professor David Stachura permanent.

Thomas Peele

Federal Education Policy

April 18, 2023

Who's on the team: A guide to the latest federal actions about transgender athletes

Title IX guidelines support transgender students' right to play on the team that matches their gender identity.

Carolyn Jones

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

February 9, 2023

CSU seeks court order to protect faculty and others who complained about Chico professor

CSU seeks to keep professor away from campus and his former colleagues out of fear of violence

Thomas Peele

Year in Review

December 30, 2022

EdSource's Best of 2022: CSU's Title IX Reckoning

Over the past year, EdSource’s reporting on the country’s largest public university system has examined the outcomes when faculty and administrators are found in violation of Title IX.

EdSource staff

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

December 20, 2022

Chico State president supports call for CSU to investigate university's probe of professor's affair and alleged threats

Chico State president says she will do all she can to get CSU to review how the university has handled the David Stachura matter.

Thomas Peele

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

December 16, 2022

Chico State Provost Debra Larson resigns amid outcry over professor's alleged affair, threats

Larson, 66, Chico State’s second-ranking official, said she offered her resignation to campus President Gayle Hutchinson on Monday and Hutchinson accepted it Thursday.

Thomas Peele and Michael Weber

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

December 14, 2022

Chico State Academic Senate calls on CSU trustees to investigate handling of student affair, violent threats

Chico State University faculty said the case needed an independent investigation so students knew action was being taken.

Thomas Peele and Michael Weber

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

December 8, 2022

Chico State professor disciplined for student affair allegedly threatened colleagues who complained

CSU is auditing the handling of Title IX cases at all 23 campuses. Investigators visited Chico State in September.

Thomas Peele

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

November 28, 2022

Quincy High School A.D. cleared to return to work after investigation into his hiring

Jason Hawkins resigned as San Jose State's baseball coach following an investigation that found he sexually harrassed his players and used racial slurs.

Thomas Peele

CSU's Title IX Reckoning

September 8, 2022

Former CSU baseball coach sexually and racially harassed players and staff, investigation found

A former San Jose State baseball coach is now the vice principal and athletic director at a Plumas County high school following a Title IX investigation that found sexual and racial harassment.