I am in the process of applying to colleges and accidentally stumbled upon this article about one of my schools by a woman girl who says the school did absolutely nothing when she was raped on campus. I know that a lot of colleges barely do anything when someone is raped and this worries me a lot, especially since a lot of these schools claim to have strict policies against it. Do any of you guys know what schools are quick to take action about campus sexual assault and which aren’t?
PLEASE do not write your political opinions or talk about how campus sexual assault policies are stupid. I am not interested. I simply want to know which schools are proactive about this kind of stuff and which aren’t.
Dartmouth College was mentioned
Elon University
UCSC
UVA
etc etc take a look at the article.
It’s hard to say exactly which universities are putting more effort into it because there aren’t consolidated statistics but I would argue that you’re safer staying away from fraternity parties as well if you’re worried about sexual assault because according to this article fraternity members have been identified as being more likely to commit sexual assault. IE you could consider going to universities that don’t really have a Greek-life presence.
I would be a little careful interpreting the article. Dartmouth was mentioned because (based on Title IX statistics) they have the biggest battle to wage.
"In January, Dartmouth College announced one of the boldest blueprints for culture change, mandating education on preventing sexual violence all four years of college and placing everybody, including fraternity members, in one of six new residential communities beginning in 2016. A community will have its own cluster of dorms and will put on social and academic programs; students living in Greek or off-campus housing will be included in community events. The school has also banned hard alcohol and will require outside security guards and bartenders at parties. “You can’t address just one aspect of the problem,” says Heather Lindkvist, Dartmouth’s Title IX coordinator. “You need a comprehensive, integrated approach.”