#SexualAssault on #College Campuses latest



As much as I like to see colleges being held accountable for handling this properly, it really should come from within. Why does congress have to be the one to tell you to do the right thing?

“Sex Assault Bill Unveiled”

“WASHINGTON -- A bipartisan group of eight U.S. Senators on Wednesday unveiled legislation aimed at holding colleges more accountable for preventing and dealing with the sexual assaults that occur on campuses.”

“The lawmakers, led by Senator Claire McCaskill of Missouri and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York, both Democrats, said that the bill responds to a national problem of campus sexual assault and the publicized cases of colleges mishandling investigations.”

““If you are a young woman who goes to college, you are more likely to be sexually assaulted than if you didn’t,” Gillibrand said. “The price of a college education should not be that one in five students is sexually assaulted." (That one-in-five figure, though widely cited, is questioned by some.)”

“The legislation would require all colleges to conduct anonymous surveys of students about their views of sexual assault on campuses. The results of the so-called “climate surveys” would then be published online for prospective students to see. The White House has recommended that colleges conduct such evaluations, but the bill would make them mandatory.”

Read the whole thing here: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2014/07/31/us-senators-announce-campus-sexual-assault-legislation

What are your thoughts? 

Dr Flavius A B Akerele III

The ETeam