Dept. of Ed Releases List of Campuses Under Investigation for Possible Title IX Violations
Here’s the list of the 55 U.S. institutions of higher education being investigated by OCR for potential mismanagement of sexual violence cases.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) today released a list of colleges and universities under investigation for possible violations of Title IX over the handling of sexual violence and harassment complaints.
“The Department will not disclose any case-specific facts or details about the institutions under investigation, aside from when the investigation began,” OCR said in a statement. “The list includes investigations opened because of complaints received by OCR and those initiated by OCR as compliance reviews. When an investigation concludes, the Department will disclose, upon request, whether OCR has entered into a resolution agreement to address compliance concerns at a particular campus or found insufficient evidence of a Title IX violation there.”
All colleges, and universities and K-12 schools receiving federal funds must comply with Title IX. Schools that violate the law and refuse to address the problems identified by OCR can lose federal funding or be referred to the U.S. Department of Justice for further action.
The announcement comes only days after the White House increased its pressure on colleges to improve their handling of sexual assaults. Newly issued guidelines from the Obama Administration recommend schools conduct campus climate surveys, implement bystander intervention programs and more effectively respond when a student reports an incident. Additionally a new website, NotAlone.gov, was launched. The site is designed to assist victims who want to file a complaint.
The Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) also indicated it is changing its enforcement procedures.
As of May 1, the schools being investigated for possible Title IX sexual violence violations are:
AZ Arizona State University
CA Butte-Glen Community College District
CA Occidental College
CA University of California-Berkeley
CA University of Southern California
CO Regis University
CO University of Colorado at Boulder
CO University of Colorado at Denver
CO University of Denver
CT University of Connecticut
DC Catholic University of America
FL Florida State University
GA Emory University
HI University of Hawaii at Manoa
ID University of Idaho
IL Knox College
IL University of Chicago
IN Indiana University-Bloomington
IN Vincennes University
MA Amherst College
MA Boston University
MA Emerson College
MA Harvard College
MA Harvard University-Law School
MA University of Massachusetts-Amherst
MD Frostburg State University
MI Michigan State University
MI University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
NC Guilford College
NC University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
ND Minot State University
NH Dartmouth College
NJ Princeton University
NY Cuny Hunter College
NY Hobart and William Smith Colleges
NY Sarah Lawrence College
NY Suny at Binghamton
OH Denison University
OH Ohio State University
OH Wittenberg University
OK Oklahoma State University
PA Carnegie Mellon University
PA Franklin and Marshall College
PA Pennsylvania State University
PA Swarthmore College
PA Temple University
TN Vanderbilt University
TX Southern Methodist University
TX The University of Texas-Pan American
VA College of William and Mary
VA University of Virginia
WA Washington State University
WI University of Wisconsin-Whitewater
WV Bethany College
WV West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine
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