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Allegheny College
Opened
December 5, 2014
Open for
1 year, 2 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders in December 2014 that the college was the subject of a complaint.

Allegheny College
Opened
July 30, 2015
Open for
6 months, 2 weeks

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders in December 2014 that the college was the subject of a complaint, prompting an investigation that predates this case.

Alma College
Opened
October 20, 2015
Open for
3 months, 4 weeks

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders in October that it had launched an investigation.

American University
Opened
March 11, 2015
Open for
11 months, 1 week

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2014, when emails between members of an unrecognized campus fraternity were leaked, some of which suggested they intended to rape women. That revelation prompted demands from a ...

Amherst College
Opened
January 6, 2014
Open for
2 years, 1 month

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2012 when a former student, Angie Epifano, penned a letter in the college's student newspaper detailing the circumstances of an alleged rape, and what she considered to ...

Arizona State University
Opened
January 26, 2012
Open for
4 years

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus during recent years because of several alleged incidents. For instance, a 2011 graduate said she filed a complaint against a professor, but, she said, the university claimed it ...

Bard College
Opened
December 30, 2015
Open for
1 month, 2 weeks

In December 2015, The Huffington Post published a detailed article about a Bard College student who said she had been raped by a fellow student. The accuser, who was identified only as Allison to protect ...

Barnard College
Opened
December 29, 2014
Open for
1 year, 1 month

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2014 when 23 students filed a federal complaint stating that the college and Columbia University — which are strongly affiliated with each other — failed to adequately ...

Berklee College of Music
Opened
June 9, 2014
Open for
1 year, 8 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders in 2014 that the college was under investigation. According to the college, the office requested three years' worth of records.

Bethany College (W.Va.)
Opened
April 28, 2014
Open for
1 year, 9 months

Bethany College was one of the initial 55 colleges under investigation in this wave of federal enforcement as announced by the Education Department in May 2014.

Binghamton University
Open
December 31, 2013
Resolved
June 27, 2014
Duration
5 months, 4 weeks

Binghamton was one of the initial 55 colleges under investigation in this wave of federal enforcement as announced by the Education Department in May 2014.

BioHealth College
Open
November 22, 2010
Resolved
May 13, 2011
Duration
5 months, 3 weeks

The investigation was resolved, but neither a letter of findings nor a resolution agreement has yet been made public.

Boston College
Opened
December 4, 2015
Open for
2 months, 1 week

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2013, when a student wrote an anonymous post on a Facebook page for student confessions claiming to have raped a female student. Administrators said the post was ...

Boston University
Opened
December 16, 2013
Open for
2 years, 2 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus after several high-profile cases involving students in recent years. Two notable cases, in 2011 and 2012, involved former members of the university's men's hockey team. In the 2011 ...

Brandeis University
Open
August 29, 2014
Resolved
April 22, 2015
Duration
7 months, 3 weeks

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the student newspaper reported on sexual-misconduct allegations made by a male student against his ex-boyfriend. It was a complaint about the university's handling of the case that ...

Brown University
Opened
July 10, 2014
Open for
1 year, 7 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2014 when a student, Lena Sclove, went public with allegations that a male student had raped her and that the university had botched its investigation of the ...

Brown University
Opened
April 10, 2015
Open for
10 months, 1 week

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2014 when a student, Lena Sclove, went public with allegations that a male student had raped her and that the university had botched its investigation of the ...

Buffalo State College
Opened
March 26, 2015
Open for
10 months, 3 weeks

The institution has affirmed its commitment to victims, collected resources online, introduced an anonymous reporting form, and promoted an awareness campaign called I “Heart” Consent.

Buffalo State College
Opened
April 7, 2015
Open for
10 months, 2 weeks

The institution has affirmed its commitment to victims, collected resources online, introduced an anonymous reporting form, and promoted an awareness campaign called I “Heart” Consent.

Butte College
Opened
February 27, 2013
Open for
2 years, 11 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when a lawyer, Jim McCabe, filed a federal complaint against the college in February 2013, saying that a female student he represented was raped by a football player ...

California Institute of the Arts
Opened
September 30, 2014
Open for
1 year, 4 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2014 when allegations by a student, known by her first name, Regina, were publicized in an article on Al Jazeera America's website. Regina alleged that she was ...

California Polytechnic State University at San Luis Obispo
Opened
December 9, 2015
Open for
2 months, 1 week

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus in 2011, when three students reported being raped in a span of nine days. Two of the incidents were reported in on-campus housing, and one was reported in ...

Canisius College
Opened
December 11, 2014
Open for
1 year, 2 months

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders the college was under investigation. According to the college, the investigation was sparked by an incident that occurred out of ...

Carnegie Mellon University
Opened
January 13, 2014
Open for
2 years, 1 month

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when a student, known by the name "Gabrielle," filed a Title IX complaint against the institution, alleging it failed to protect her from her abusive ex-girlfriend.

Catholic University of America
Opened
January 8, 2014
Open for
2 years, 1 month

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when a female student, Erin Cavalier, spoke publicly about being raped by another student, reporting the incident, then seeing the case mishandled by the college.

Cedarville University
Open
July 1, 2013
Resolved
June 23, 2014
Duration
11 months, 3 weeks

Sexual assault gained attention on the campus when the Office for Civil Rights notified leaders that Cedarville was under investigation.