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Why Are University Presidents Leaving Campus Rape Survivors Out in the Cold?
College administrators have known about the campus rape problem for three decades, and they have been mandated to address it for two decades. So why has so little been done? One major factor among many is failed leadership at the top of the academy.
Karen Barrett first documented the campus rape problem in her 1982 article Date Rape: A Campus Epidemic? in Ms. magazine, and Ms. published another article on the same topic in 1985 featuring Dr. Mary Koss three-year study of over 7,000 students at 35 schools. Koss found that 1 in 4 college women faced rape or attempted rape during their time on campusand not much has changed since then.
Schools have been mandated by law to address campus sexual assault for the past 20 years. The Clery Act of 1990 requires schools to accurately report their rape numbers, but campuses routinely underreport these figures. Schools were first mandated to provide support and accommodations to survivors in 1992 with the passage of the Sexual Assault Victims Bill of Rights, but most schools still fall short. As a graduate student in the late 1990s in a leadership position in residence life, I can attest to the fact that campus administrators at national conferences I attended were well aware of the campus rape problem.
So why has so little been done by college administrators?
A recent survey of college and university presidents from Inside Higher Ed reveals that presidents are a key part of the problem. Of all institutional players, college presidents have the most power to make changethrough hiring decisions, policies and day-to-day leadership. Despite reputable studies showing that 1 in 5 female students face sexual assault, only 1 in 3 college presidents agree with the statement, sexual assault is prevalent on college campuses, according to the new report. Furthermore, only 6 percent of college presidents agree that sexual assault is prevalent on their campuses, when plenty of evidence otherwise exists.
Seventy-seven percent say their schools are doing a good job addressing the problem, while only 4 percent were willing to admit that their school does not adequately protect students. The truth is that almost no schools expel rapists or take other basic measures to prevent assaults on their campuses due to institutional fears about being sued by perpetrators or losing alumni donations if a problem is exposed.
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http://msmagazine.com/blog/2015/03/18/why-are-university-presidents-leaving-campus-rape-survivors-out-in-the-cold/
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)tying it to funding Pell Grants......
http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025004676
It might answer why University/College presidents have been getting away with this.
For further edification
http://www.democraticunderground.com/?com=view_post&forum=1002&pid=5113403
niyad
(113,289 posts)OP
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)that under the Obama administration, sexual assault reporting would be linked to Pell Grant availability.
This apparently was a problem.
Seriously. ..read the thread.
Apparently. ..the Diane Ravitch wing of the Democratic Party has a problem with tying rape reporting to funding. Because, Obama. And Arne Duncan.
Why do University Presidents leave rape victims out in the cold? Because they can. Apparently with pseudo-democratic support.
sarisataka
(18,633 posts)A rape survivor is not likely to have fond feelings for her Alma Mater or be a generous alumna.
An unpunished rapist or someone who believes the school has the matter in hand and that the administration is taking care of the problem (if there even is a problem) will feel differently ...
msanthrope
(37,549 posts)was brilliant to tie sexual assault and other crimes to funding. Few alum donations will cover that deficit and public shame.
Trillo
(9,154 posts)where if you as a less than 18-year old fall in love and have consensual sex with someone else and are discovered, you get expelled. Oh, right, the legislators have determined that two minors can't give consent to each other, even though puberty begins as young as 10.
But, if you're over 18 and in college, and you rape someone, that means consent doesn't exist, heads are turned as if nothing happened at all.
Our system is designed to punish young people in any way it can.
Are_grits_groceries
(17,111 posts)That will affect enrollment.
It will also affect the money given by alumni and others.
There are other reasons, but those are two of the main ones.