Too often, colleges operate in a vacuum and “act as judge and jury” in cases involving serious crimes, said Peg Langhammer, the head of Day One, a Rhode Island-based sexual-assault-resource center. More frequent collaboration with law enforcement would help to define what campuses should handle, Langhammer said.
Author: Sara Gregory
New federal regulations on campus crime increase transparency
New rules that change what colleges have to do under the Clery Act were published today. The new regulations — the result of months of discussions and negotiations following the 2013 passage of the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act — are designed to lend greater transparency to the process by which colleges respond to crimes of sexual violence affecting students.
Georgia attorney general's office withdraws motion that asked judge to order removal of public records from student's blog
The state attorney general’s office has withdrawn a motion that was asking a judge to order a student journalist to remove public records from his blog.
Georgia attorney general's office seeks judge's order to remove public documents
Attorneys for the state of Georgia have asked a judge to order a student journalist to remove from his blog documents that the state gave him through a public records request.
WRAS-FM student radio staff, supporters continue protest
It's been a little over a week since the student radio staff at Georgia State University's radio station learned of a deal that gives the state's public broadcasting affiliate control over daytime programming hours on the WRAS analog FM signal. The protest against the agreement has grown steadily in the days since students were told. Here's a rundown of what's happened since we last wrote about the situation:
New Jersey school board will vote Monday whether to uphold principal's censorship
Once again, members of the Northern Highlands Regional school board are being asked to OK the publication of a story — censored by the student journalist’s principal — concerning grievances filed against the district’s superintendent.
UCLA student government candidates warned that interviews with Daily Bruin could lead to sanctions
The University of California Los Angeles’ student newspaper is challenging campus election rules that prompted three presidential candidates to withdraw from planned appearances on The Daily Bruin’s news radio show.
University of Oregon students criticize university for using FERPA to ‘frivolously’ avoid answering questions about sexual assault allegations involving athletes
The front page of today's Daily Emerald is a powerful one:
The issue is a timely one for the University of Oregon student newspaper — this week, it came to light that three basketball players were accused in March of sexually assaulting a woman at an off-campus party and then later at one of the players' apartments. The university and police learned of the allegations in March, and the Daily Emerald and other media have questioned why the players were allowed to continue playing through the end of the season (their suspensions were announced Monday, the same day the district attorney's office announced it did not plan to charge any of the three players).
Georgia State student radio staff 'shocked' by deal turning over daytime programming to state's public broadcasting network
A deal will give daytime programming hours on Georgia State University’s WRAS-FM to professionals and relegate student deejays to evening and overnight time slots and online streams.
Neshaminy school board puts vote on publications policy on hold amid outcry
The Neshaminy school board has pushed back a vote originally scheduled for Tuesday on a proposed publications policy that students and educators nationwide have condemned as unconstitutional and “educationally unsound.”