By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A new University of New Hampshire study has identified how deeply sexual assault can affect students’ academics. More than 6,400 students from eight New England colleges were surveyed for the report, published recently in the Journal of Interpersonal Violence. More...
Court Finds Due Process Denied in Sex Assault Case
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Federal panel blocks suspension of University of Cincinnati graduate student, saying institution did not respect his constitutional rights after he was accused of sexual assault. More...
Outsourcing Rape Investigations
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. Some colleges hire outside parties to look into and judge sexual assault cases, a move meant to ensure fairness in the process. More...
Missing Voices on Sexual Assault Response
Federal officials won’t grasp the complexity of the debate over campus sexual violence without hearing from those who understand it best: student affairs professionals, Lee Burdette Williams argues. More...
An Intersectional Framework to Sexual Violence Prevention
Efforts to address sexual assault should focus on the most marginalized communities and consider how multiple forms of oppression intersect with sexism, argues Nadeeka Karunaratne. More...
A Sound Prevention Base for Addressing Campus Sexual Violence
As former university administrators, specifically a dean of students and a director of counseling, we have a distinct perspective on issues of sexual violence impacting college campuses. More...
#MoreThanHashtags
Universities should take concrete actions to end campus sexual violence, argues Irene Shankar. More...
University staff welcome commitments to stop sexual violence
The National Tertiary Education Union (NTEU) says that responsibility for responding to the findings of the national survey on sexual harassment and sexual assault at Australian universities lies with university managements.
“For too long students and staff at Australian universities have been ignored, criticised and often silenced for speaking out on sexual violence on our campuses,” said Jeannie Rea, NTEU National President. More...
Sexual harassment: an unspoken issue on campus
Sexual harassment is widely recognised as a violation of basic human rights. Complaints about sexual harassment or assault have been increasing in recent decades on university campuses around the world. Despite the grave nature of this offense and its prevalence, it is almost only discussed behind closed doors. More...
Jobs, harassment push up PhD dropouts
Nearly 40% of researchers in some of the country's top institutions may be dropping out because of personal problems, job opportunities and alleged harassment by guides or supervisors, according to data on admissions versus granting of PhDs, writes Basant Kumar Mohanty for The Telegraph India. More...