Tag: sexual assault
Boston University Suspends Fraternity Amid Sexual Assault Investigation
Boston University (BU) suspended the Mu-Psi chapter of the Kappa Sigma fraternity this week after members broke a moratorium on activities following an investigation...
San José State University to Pay $1.6M in Federal Sexual Assault...
San José State University (SJSU) has agreed to pay $1.6 million in a federal settlement to 13 women student-athletes who alleged they were sexually...
Report on Indicators of School Crime and Safety: 2020
The Institute of Education Sciences, a branch of the U.S. Department of Education, and the Bureau of Justice Statistics, a branch of the U.S....
The Abortion Debate Affects Higher Education
It’s been more than 45 years since the landmark United States Supreme Court case Roe v. Wade legalized abortion, yet recent legislation in some...
Penn State Nursing Programs Focus on Caring for Sexual Assault Survivors
Nurses are often the first and possibly the only professionals — whether medical or legal — that a survivor of sexual violence has contact...
Evaluating the Varied Impacts of Title IX
Forty-four years ago, Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 became law, mandating the equal treatment of all students, regardless of gender, in...
University of Texas Develops Science-Based Approach to Sexual Assault Response
The University of Texas (UT) System police have partnered with UT researchers to produce a first-of-its-kind science-based blueprint that recommends how campus law enforcement...
Lawmakers Propose Measures to Unify Colleges’ Responses to Sexual Assault
Due to inconsistent policies regarding sexual assault on college campuses across the state of California, lawmakers are considering a set of proposals that would...
How a Gender Equity Law Evolved into a Sexual Assault Protection...
One in five women is sexually assaulted while in college, often by someone she knows. So says the first report of the White House...