OCR found that although administrators and teachers at the school were aware of widespread harassment, the district repeatedly responded ineffectively, or not at all, to reported harassment.
So far in 2022, Howard University has received eight bomb threats. Many other HBCUs were targeted earlier this year as well.
Schools can improve their suicide prevention efforts by adopting the SOAR (Self-Awareness, Outreach, Adaptation, and Repair) framework.
Georgia is the 22nd state to ban free speech zones which are designated areas where people can hold protests and rallies.
U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights Announces Resolution of Sexual Harassment Investigation of San Juan Bautista School of Medicine
The third-highest ranking officer said racial harassment by his superiors and colleagues escalated after his promotion from sergeant to lieutenant in 2017.
The former security officer threatened to shoot students on the school playground, as well as their parents.
The Project School Emergency Response to Violence (SERV) program will provide short-term grants for added security and mental health professionals.
HBCUs across the nation started receiving bomb threats at the beginning of the year, but the number of threats increased in February.
At one Philadelphia college, a small group of parents hired private security to patrol the campus.