We are pleased to announce the release of our first white paper, Practitioners' Discussion of Implementing Clery/Title IX (PDF), written in partnership with the University of Wisconsin Police Department, the International Association of Campus Law Enforcement Administrators (IACLEA), and the International Association of Chiefs of Police (IACP). This paper is the result of a two-day summit at the University of Wisconsin in August 2014, where campus officials from around the US came together to discuss unresolved issues around Title IX and other related legislation including the Clery Act and the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). A comprehensive list of issues and concerns was developed and two case studies were reviewed, one from the University of Connecticut, the other from Amherst College.

Over the two days it became clear that it would be impossible to address all the issues and concerns that were identified. We did develop a list of initial "promising practices" and it is included in this initial paper. A second summit is planned in the next few months and a final paper with more definitive solutions is planned for release after the second summit concludes. We realize, and it is noted in the paper, that not all "promising practices" will work for each institution, but we believe that there are helpful thoughts for all.