How did this "lower the burden of proof"?  An alleged rapist is accused and still has his/her day in court regardless.  The burden of proof was not lowered but perhaps the ability to actually charge the alleged rapist with the crime was brought more in line with what normal jurisdictions outside of University systems were doing.  Believe me, I am aware that not all accusations are true and the accused sometimes ends up being the victim but the playing field did need to be leveled when it came to some colleges.  Again, I use the Catholic church as an example on how they protected their priests as an example (more extreme, perhaps).  Who knows, maybe DeVos finds a happy and sensible medium but I am skeptical.