McKeesport PA September 7 2024 In a jam-packed board room at the McKeesport Area School District Administration Building Thursday evening, several people voiced support for former superintendent Tia Wanzo — who resigned last week after her alleged failure to report sexual contact between a high school security guard and a student — and expressed concerns […]
Lynchburg VA October 6 2023 Liberty University failed to warn its Virginia campus community about safety threats, including from individuals accused of sexual violence, and systematically underreported crime statistics, according to a Washington Post report on the preliminary findings of a long-running federal investigation. The private Christian university has marketed itself for years as having one […]
COLUMBUS, Ohio Dec 4 2021 The number of rapes reported at Ohio State University’s main campus in Columbus climbed steadily in 2018, 2019 and 2020, according to university reports and campus crime logs. In 2020, there were 134 rapes reported to either campus police or a Campus Security Authority (CSA), according to OSU’s federally required annual […]
Austin TX October 31 2021 The University of Texas received 1,415 reports from employees of sexual harassment, sexual assault, dating violence or stalking incidents during the last academic year, but only a few were eligible to be investigated. Senate Bill 212, passed in 2019, requires public and private universities to publicly share reports of certain incidents […]
ALEXANDRIA, Va. October 18 2021— The City of Alexandria’s Council has reversed itself on a controversial decision in May to pull police out of schools, reinstating them as of Monday, Oct. 18. The school system announced Wednesday afternoon that School Resource Officers, known as SROs, will be back in Alexandria City High School and all […]
Auburn AL October 5 2021 Auburn University released its Annual Security and Fire Safety Report on Oct. 1, a collection of reported crimes on the University’s campus in 2020. Fewer crimes were committed on Auburn’s campus for most major offenses in 2020 compared to the previous year, according to the report. Each year, Auburn and […]
ALBANY, N.Y. Feb 14 2020 The Federal Government passed the Jeanne Clery Act in 1990. The law requires all colleges and universities to submit on-campus crime reports. The law also clearly defines parameters for crimes in order to create a standardized reporting method. Information for college/universities nationwide are also available on the U.S. Department of Education […]
Chicago IL October 16 2019 About one-quarter of undergraduate women say they have been victims of sexual touching or penetration without consent since starting college, according to a survey this year on sexual assault and misconduct at 33 major universities. The survey released Tuesday was the second from the Association of American Universities in recent years […]
Washington DC December 9 2018 The U.S. Department of Education reduced the higher-than-average fine previously issued to Green River College for campus safety violations. In response to an appeal from officials at the Auburn community college, the federal government decreased the fine from $574,500 to $250,000, according to the college. A department investigation found the […]