An investigation by Today found that some students seeking mental health services were seen as bad PR for the school and removed from campus.
According to a study by Marquette University and UC San Francisco, studies on therapy for anxiety and depression often do not report sexual and gender identities. Without that knowledge, it is impossible to determine if the treatments work as well for people in the LGBT community.
As an increasingly diverse cohort of students arrives on college campuses each year, students are asking for an equally diverse counseling staff.
The Washington Post examines how the “Harvard Plan” for admissions became the model for affirmative action in universities across the country.
The United States Supreme Court upheld the University of Texas at Austin’s affirmative action plan on Thursday, in a rare four justice majority, with only seven of the current eight justices voting.
A recent graduate of UVA’s law school — who was accused of and found responsible for sexual misconduct — filed a lawsuit arguing that a federal mandate from the US Department of Education on how universities should handle sexual assault on their campuses required too much too quickly, overstepping the democratic process.
In a survey conducted this year at Georgetown University, three in 10 female undergraduates said they had been sexually penetrated or sexually touched without their consent since they arrived at the school. Fourteen percent said they had suffered non-consensual sexual penetration.
The Chronicle draws similarities between two recent high-profile sexual assault cases. A lawyer who has helped students file federal sexual-assault and sex-discrimination complaints against several universities said, “Athletes are bred at the high-school level and even before that to expect special treatment and not to be held accountable. That’s especially true for white, privileged males at elite universities.”
Brandon Vandenburg, a former football player at Vanderbilt University, was found guilty in the rape of an unconscious woman in his dormitory room nearly three years ago. Vandenburg was found guilty on eight counts against him, including aggravated rape, aggravated sexual battery, and unlawful photography, and faces a sentence of 15 to 25 years in prison.
Amidst the backlash to the sentencing of the former Stanford student Brock Turner to six months in jail following his sexual assault conviction, and op-ed in The Chronicle of Higher Education argues that longer prison terms for sexual offenders have not been proven to reduce crime or facilitate healing for victims.
Brigham Young University has been under intense scrutiny for its handling of sexual assault cases, particularly in regards to the practice of investigating sexual assault victims for violations to their strict honor code. The school is now struggling to find a balance, to maintain its strict principles, and avoid blaming or silencing victims of assault.
An op-ed in the Michigan Daily takes the Turner ruling to task for its racial bias and the tired excuse of the victim being drunk.
For the New York Times, a mother asks college-aged women she knows to assess how their campuses are grappling with sexual assault prevention. She concludes that more education and resources should be dedicated to teaching men about consent rather than teaching women how to avoid assault.
The New York Times assembles a timeline of campus sexual assault in America, from 1957 to today.
The California legislature voted last week to fund the creation of the California Firearm Violence Research Center, within the University of California system, with five million dollars, to be allocated over five years. State Senator Lois Wolk said “The new center’s research will provide California lawmakers with scientific evidence that will influence policies on preventing gun violence.”
One in 10 California State University students is homeless, according to initial findings of a study commissioned by Cal State Chancellor Timothy P. White.
On the national level, more than 1.3 million students were homeless during the 2013-14 school year according to a report by the advocacy group Civic Enterprises and the polling firm Hart Research Associates. The Atlantic examines the complicated challenge of identifying and helping homeless students.
The New York Times reports on how some schools are creating food pantries on their campuses to help students struggling to afford regular meals.