From the earliest of time women have been abused, victimized and endure the brunt of sexual assault violence from men. In 1964 Title VII the Civil Rights Act had passed by congress, which prohibits gender discrimination, race, and color. This was to help protect women’s rights so they could live a humane life. (Congress). Sexual assaults gradually decrease when the Civil Rights Act was passed but, in recent years sexual assault had increased in our colleges and universities. Over the past three years or more several colleges and universities have come under scrutiny for sexual assault violence on campuses and about five out of ten has been reported. According to The Huffington Post for about three years now over 100 Ivy League colleges and
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Under the Title IX of Education Amendment of 1972 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Any one of these institutions violates this law will not only be investigated and be charged but also will lose any financial assistance from the education department and the federal government. Colleges and Universities tend to pay out a lot of money to victims because of how reluctant they were in handling sexual assault cases. Every year the DOE pays out $47 billion in grants a year for postsecondary education and $101.5 billion in loans, $978 in work study $ 44.4 billion in board student aid (Castellano) these are some of the financial effects universities and colleges faced if the y fail to report sexual assault cases. Not only that they would lose money from the DOE but they would lose donations from alumni’s According to Forbes the Clergy Act would fine school $150,000 if they fail to submit detailed sexual assault violence reports (Castellano). The University of Connecticut settles a sexual assault lawsuit of a $1.3 million. Therefore, other than losing donation and federal funding school also lose applicants too. Dartmouth college had a 14% drop in applications in 2014, Harvard also had a drop in the application too from the Midwest and Northeast. Applicants tend to apply to colleges and Universities closer to home with a 200 or 500 …show more content…
However, with the mental effects of the intended crime victims expected school official to sympathize with them instead of turning against them. Sadly, it may be hard to get any form of support from school officials because some of them share the same values as the perpetrators of sexual assault. Every school wants to keep a good reputation but how low would they have to stoop to keep it protecting the school reputation and the perpetrator behind such unlawful behavior are reprehensible. No victim should feel intimidated, blamed or drop out of school because of some else's mistake. This is why the Department of Education and the Federal government implement laws to protect students from discrimination and sexual assault violence. Psychologically sexual assault is not easy to cope with and it can become a long-term disorder of depression or PSTD on any victim male or female. This is why students need moral support from school officials to
Under the Title IX of Education Amendment of 1972 which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in all education programs or activities that receive federal financial assistance. Any one of these institutions violates this law will not only be investigated and be charged but also will lose any financial assistance from the education department and the federal government. Colleges and Universities tend to pay out a lot of money to victims because of how reluctant they were in handling sexual assault cases. Every year the DOE pays out $47 billion in grants a year for postsecondary education and $101.5 billion in loans, $978 in work study $ 44.4 billion in board student aid (Castellano) these are some of the financial effects universities and colleges faced if the y fail to report sexual assault cases. Not only that they would lose money from the DOE but they would lose donations from alumni’s According to Forbes the Clergy Act would fine school $150,000 if they fail to submit detailed sexual assault violence reports (Castellano). The University of Connecticut settles a sexual assault lawsuit of a $1.3 million. Therefore, other than losing donation and federal funding school also lose applicants too. Dartmouth college had a 14% drop in applications in 2014, Harvard also had a drop in the application too from the Midwest and Northeast. Applicants tend to apply to colleges and Universities closer to home with a 200 or 500 …show more content…
However, with the mental effects of the intended crime victims expected school official to sympathize with them instead of turning against them. Sadly, it may be hard to get any form of support from school officials because some of them share the same values as the perpetrators of sexual assault. Every school wants to keep a good reputation but how low would they have to stoop to keep it protecting the school reputation and the perpetrator behind such unlawful behavior are reprehensible. No victim should feel intimidated, blamed or drop out of school because of some else's mistake. This is why the Department of Education and the Federal government implement laws to protect students from discrimination and sexual assault violence. Psychologically sexual assault is not easy to cope with and it can become a long-term disorder of depression or PSTD on any victim male or female. This is why students need moral support from school officials to