Baylor University

===2010s sexual assault scandal===
{{Main|Baylor University sexual assault scandal}}
In 2015, the Baylor Board of Regents hired law firm [[Pepper Hamilton]] to perform an external review of [[Baylor University sexual assault scandal|Baylor's handling of sexual assaults]].<ref name="Protest Response">{{cite web |last1=Roach |first1=David |title=Baylor's sexual assault response draws protest |url=http://www.bpnews.net/46301/baylors-sexual-assault-response-draws-protest |website=Baptist Press |date=February 10, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517044349/http://www.bpnews.net/46301/baylors-sexual-assault-response-draws-protest |archive-date=May 17, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The report, summarized by the board in a public "Findings of Facts" document, stated that Baylor failed to implement [[Title IX]] in a timely and effective manner, that Baylor administrators actively discouraged reporting of sexual assaults, and that the athletic department failed to address sexual assaults.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266596.pdf |title=Baylor University Board of Regents Findings of Fact |author=Baylor University Board of Regents |year=2016 |access-date=June 17, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160614214701/http://www.baylor.edu/rtsv/doc.php/266596.pdf |archive-date=June 14, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Baylor University Board of Regents Announces Leadership Changes and Extensive Corrective Actions Following Findings of External Investigation |url=http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=170207 |website=Baylor University |access-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160613200049/http://www.baylor.edu/mediacommunications/news.php?action=story&story=170207 |archive-date=June 13, 2016 |url-status=live |date = May 26, 2016}}</ref> In response to the report, the Board of Regents fired [[Ken Starr]] as president of the university but retained him as Chancellor and as a law school professor;<ref>{{cite news |last1=Belkin |first1=Douglas |last2=Futterman |first2=Matthew |title=Baylor Plans to Fire Art Briles, Demotes Ken Starr Over Scandal |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/baylor-plans-to-fire-art-briles-demotes-ken-starr-over-scandal-1464284169 |website=The Wall Street Journal |date=May 26, 2016 |access-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160609145949/http://www.wsj.com/articles/baylor-plans-to-fire-art-briles-demotes-ken-starr-over-scandal-1464284169 |archive-date=June 9, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> he resigned as Chancellor shortly thereafter and resigned as law professor in August 2016.<ref>{{cite news |last=Greenhouse |first=Linda |title=Reversal of Fortune for Bill Clinton and Kenneth Starr |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/opinion/the-president-the-prosecutor-and-the-wheel-of-fortune.html |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 1, 2016 |access-date=March 1, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161115090029/http://www.nytimes.com/2016/09/01/opinion/the-president-the-prosecutor-and-the-wheel-of-fortune.html |archive-date=November 15, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref> The school also fired head football coach [[Art Briles]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Caplan |first1=Jeff |last2=Johanningmeier |first2=Tom |title=Baylor fires football coach Art Briles |url=http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/baylor-bears/article80032437.html |website=Star Telegram |access-date=June 10, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160529055524/http://www.star-telegram.com/sports/college/big-12/baylor-bears/article80032437.html |archive-date=May 29, 2016 |url-status=live }}</ref>