WACO, Texas (AP) — The Latest on Baylor University's demotion of its president and firing of its football coach amid criticism of the school's handling of sexual assault complaints involving players (all times local):

3 p.m.

An outspoken critic of the Baylor University's response to sexual assault claims says she's spoken with women who criticized the Baptist school's handling of such claims when they were students there in the 1970s.

Laura Seay ('see), a 2000 graduate of the Waco, Texas, school, said Thursday that the administration too often has opted to give offenders a second chance and not served as an advocate for victims.

She says she's not surprised by a law firm's highly critical report on the school's handling of sexual assault claims but that she was "shocked" to read that official retaliated against someone for reporting an assault.

Seay, an assistant professor of government at Colby College in Maine, helped draft a critical letter to Baylor regents this year that received more than 1,000 signatures.

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12:15 p.m.

Baylor says a review of how it handles sexual assault complaints revealed a "fundamental failure" to follow federal regulations and investigate allegations of misconduct.

In a statement Thursday, the university said actions by some administrators "directly discouraged" some potential victims from coming forward, and in one case retaliated against someone who did report a sexual assault.

Board of regents chairman Richard Willis said he was "horrified by the extent of these acts of sexual violence on our campus."

The university says it intends to fire football coach Art Briles and remove President Kenneth Starr from his post amid questions about the handling of assault complaints against athletes.

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11:50 a.m.

Baylor University's board of regents says it will fire football coach Art Briles and re-assign university President Kenneth Starr in response to questions about its handling of sexual assault complaints against players.

The university said in a statement Thursday that it had suspended Briles "with intent to terminate." Starr will leave the position of president on May 31, but the school says he will serve as chancellor.

The university also placed athletic director Ian McCaw on probation.

Baylor asked a law firm last year to conduct a review of its handling of sexual assault cases following allegations that the football program mishandled several cases of players attacking women.

The university's statement said the review revealed "a fundamental failure."