A large coalition of sexual assault survivor advocacy groups recently sent a letter to the U.S. Department of Education condemning the department's failure to properly address students' sexual violence complaints under Title IX.
“A survivor’s access to support shouldn’t be dictated by race, bureaucracy or geography,” said Jermey Levine of the University of Michigan. “Until we remove these administrative gatekeepers — starting with police verification — the system will continue to fail the people it was built to protect.”
Michigan State University and Kim Tobin, MSU's vice president for university advancement, have been sued by a former employee who claims she was fired after she formally reported another employee's claims of sexual harassment.
A new study from Harvard Medical School has found orthopedic surgeons represent only 0.3 percent of patient referrals to in-hospital domestic violence programs, even though these providers often treat physical injuries associated with intimate partner violence.
Known as the “Godmother of Title IX,” Dr. Sanders played a key role in the 1972 passage of the federal statute prohibiting sex-based discrimination in education programs and activities that receive federal financial assistance.
An interdisciplinary team of nurses, physicians, pharmacists, and social workers at Yale University have developed a clinical tool that provides physicians with resources specific to the evaluation and management of adults seeking care in the emergency department after sexual assault. Use of the tool has been found to improve medical and forensic care for survivors.
If passed, the Campus Accountability and Safety Act would mandate institutions' websites to include campus safety policies, annual security reports, instructions for filing complaints, and statistics on sexual misconduct allegations on campus.
Among women who entered college in fall 2019, 64.3 percent completed their degree by 2025. For their male peers, only 58.1 percent completed their degree within six-years.
In the four years following an incident of faculty misconduct, there is a 3.4 percent decline in degree-completion rates in the perpetrator's academic field. However, this decline increases to 7 percent when examining cases occurring after 2015, potentially attributed to the rise of the #MeToo movement.
Between 2015 and 2022, the six-month risk of sexual violence was 74 percent higher for women ages 18 to 24 who were enrolled in college compared to women in the same age group who were not enrolled, according to a new study from Washington State University.
