College campus sexual assault gained national attention in 2014 when Vice President Joseph Biden and the White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault on College Campus highlighted the finding that one in five women are sexually assaulted on college and university campuses, usually by someone they know, but it most often goes unreported.
To reform the rape culture that existed on college campuses that permitted this to happen, Title IX, the federal law that prohibits gender discrimination in educational institutions and covers sexual assault, along with other federal laws, was reinvigorated and pushed to the forefront. As a result, colleges have stepped up and revamped policies and procedures to put in extensive protections and rights for victims of sexual assault as required by federal law at the risk of losing federal funding if noncompliant.
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