White House Releases College Sexual Assault Recommendations

Source: http://ift.tt/hFWySe - Monday, April 28, 2014

WASHINGTON -- A task force appointed by the White House will announce recommendations on Tuesday to combat sexual assault on college campuses. Colleges and universities, including some prestigious Ivy League schools, have come under fire over the past year for their failure to effectively respond to sexual assault complaints. According to USA Today, more Title IX complaints about colleges' handling of sexual assaults have been filed in the first half of this fiscal year -- 33 -- than in all of 2013. One in five women is the victim of an attempted rape or rape while in college, according to a 2007 study commissioned by the National Institute of Justice. President Barack Obama established the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault in January with the purpose of identifying the scope of the problem, strengthening federal enforcement efforts and providing schools with resources to effectively prevent and deal with sexual assault on their campuses. One problem the task force has identified, according to a White House fact sheet released Monday night, is that students are either reluctant to report assaults due to a lack of confidentiality, or they report the assault but request that the school take no action against the perpetrator. In order to help schools respect the confidentiality of victims while still keeping the campus safe, the administration will provide a sample reporting and confidentiality policy th

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