The U.S. Dept. of Education released a list of 55 colleges and universities that it is investigating for possible Title IX violations.
Title IX prohibits gender discrimination at schools that receive federal funding, including when it comes to offering athletic activities. However, the law also regulates how schools handle sexual violence.
Two days ago, a White House task force promised greater transparency about the issue of sexual assaults within higher education. This marks the first time the government has released the names of institutions being investigated for possible violations. Students, in those cases, have alleged that their school failed to protect them.
UW-Whitewater is the only Wisconsin school appearing on the list of 55.
Institutions include are both public and private, big and small:
Arizona State University
Butte-Glen Community College
District Occidental College
University of California (Berkeley)
University of Southern California
Regis University
University of Colorado (Boulder)
University of Colorado (Denver)
University of Denver
University of Connecticut
Catholic University
Florida State University
Emory University
University of Hawaii (Manoa)
University of Idaho
Knox College
University of Chicago
Indiana University (Bloomington)
Vincennes University
Amherst College
Boston University
Emersen College
Harvard (college and law school)
University of Massachusetts (Amherst)
Frostburg State University
Michigan State University
University of Michigan (Ann Arbor)
Guilford College
University of North Carolina (Chapel Hill)
Minot State University
Dartmouth College
Princeton University
CUNY (Hunter)
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Sarah Lawrence College
SUNY (Binghamton)
Denison University
Ohio State University
Wittenberg University
Oklahoma State University
Carnegie Mellon University
Franklin and Marshall College
Pennsylvania State University
Swarthmore College
Temple University
Vanderbilt University
Southern Methodist
University University of Texas (Pan American)
College of William and Mary
University of Virginia
Washington State University
University of Wisconsin (Whitewater)
Bethany College