Culture Of Respect On College Campuses

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Culture of Respect strengthen schools by providing a framework to assess and improve efforts to eliminate sexual violence from their campuses. They provide tools for all constituents at colleges and universities as they answer the call to ensure students safety to continue their higher education.
Culture of Respect was founded in 2013 by the parents of college students who were concerned of the high rate of sexual assault on college campuses and the lack of comprehensive resources for survivors, students, administrators and parents trying to respond to prevent future incidents on campus sexual assault. The groups of parents formed a team of public health and violence prevention researchers from New York University and Columbia University and

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