Task Force Gives U. of California 7 Ways to Improve Sex-Assault Policies
A University of California task force has released seven recommendations aimed at standardizing policies governing sexual assault across the 10-campus system. The recommendations were part of a report...
View ArticleCelebrity Support Dominates Kickoff of White House Sexual-Assault Campaign
The White House unveiled its “It’s On Us” sexual-assault awareness campaign on Friday morning, calling on all college students—and especially men—to do their part to stop rapes on campuses. The effort,...
View ArticleWesleyan U. Will Require All-Male Fraternities to Go Coed
Wesleyan University’s residential fraternities must start admitting women within three years, the Connecticut institution’s president and the chairman of its Board of Trustees wrote in an email to the...
View ArticleU. of South Dakota Students Question Notification in Alleged Voyeurism Case
Students at the University of South Dakota are raising concerns about crime-notification procedures after a former student was accused of videotaping students showering and then later charged in...
View ArticleOusted Band Director Sues Ohio State U. Over Firing
The former marching-band director at Ohio State University has sued the institution for firing him after an investigation found a “sexualized culture” in the band, The Columbus Dispatch reports. The...
View ArticleCuomo Orders SUNY to Adopt ‘Yes Means Yes’ Policy on Campus Sex
Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo has instructed the State University of New York to overhaul its approach to preventing sexual assault, including by making “affirmative consent” the rule on all 64 of the system’s...
View Article1 in 10 Female Students at U. of Oregon Has Been Raped, Study Finds
One in 10 female students at the University of Oregon say they have been raped in college, The Oregonian reports. That is just one statistic from a new study conducted by a psychology professor at the...
View ArticleU. of Florida Quarterback Is Accused of Sexual Assault
A player on the University of Florida’s football team, the quarterback Treon Harris, has been suspended from the team after being accused of sexually assaulting a woman in a residence hall on Sunday,...
View ArticleAthlete Accused of Rape Is Suspended From U. of Kentucky Football Team
A University of Kentucky football player was charged on Tuesday with first-degree rape and has been indefinitely suspended from the team, the Lexington Herald-Leader reported. The player, Lloyd Tubman,...
View ArticleRape Allegation Against U. of Florida Quarterback Is Dropped
The woman who accused a quarterback on the University of Florida’s football team of sexually assaulting her has withdrawn her complaint, according to a statement issued on Friday by the university. The...
View ArticleEducation Dept. to Release Final Rules on Colleges’ Handling of Crime
The U.S. Education Department on Monday will publish the final rules governing how colleges must alter their handling of campus crime. The new rules, which revise regulations to carry out the law known...
View ArticleStrife Threatens Occidental College’s Response to Sex Assault, Report Says
Conflict and distrust between activists and the administration threaten Occidental College’s ability to improve how it handles sexual assault, according to a new report. The Los Angeles Times reports...
View ArticleStudents Nationwide Carry Mattresses to Protest Campus Rape
Students on college campuses across the country are dragging their mattresses out of their beds as part of a “national day of action” expressing solidarity with survivors of rape. The demonstrations,...
View ArticlePrinceton’s Sex-Assault Policies Violate Federal Law, Education Dept. Says
The U.S. Education Department has found that Princeton University violated Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 by not “promptly and equitably” responding to complaints of sexual assault, the...
View ArticleUtah State U. Administrator Is Fired After Being Accused of Rape
A Utah State University administrator was fired in September after he was accused of sexually assaulting a student employee, The Herald Journal, a newspaper in Logah, Utah, reported. The administrator,...
View ArticleBrown U. Student Tests Positive for ‘Date Rape’ Drug After Fraternity Party
One of two Brown University students who drank an alcoholic punch at a fraternity party last month has tested positive for a common “date rape” drug, the university announced in a campuswide email late...
View ArticlePresident of Lincoln U. (Pa.) Apologizes for ‘Choice of Words’ on Campus Rape
The president of Lincoln University in Pennsylvania has apologized for comments he made in September urging women not to put themselves in situations where they might be sexually assaulted, The...
View ArticleJudge Throws Out Student’s Lawsuit Against Northwestern in Case Alleging...
A federal judge on Thursday threw out a lawsuit against Northwestern University filed by a student who alleged that the university had mishandled her sexual-assault complaint against a professor, the...
View ArticleAAU to Conduct Sexual-Assault Climate Survey of Its Members
The Association of American Universities will conduct a sexual-assault climate survey of its members, the AAU announced on Friday. The association said the survey would be carried out next April at “as...
View ArticlePresident of Lincoln U., in Pa., Faces Review for Remarks About Women
The Board of Trustees of Lincoln University, in Pennsylvania, decided on Saturday to conduct an internal review of the university’s president, Robert R. Jennings, who has been under fire for comments...
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