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In It Together
As the issue of sexual assault remains
prevalent on campus and more
campuses become hubs of information,
it is imperative that staff have up-to-date
resources at hand. Even though these
are not the only sources to reach out
to, they are good to read to prepare for
different meetings and conversations.
* Association for Student Conduct
Administration (ASCA), "Handout #2:
We Are Not Alone: ASCA Review of
April 2014 Guidance on Title IX and
Sexual Violence" (May 5, 2014).
* Clark University, Consent 101 or:
Doing It with the Lights On (http://
www.clarku.edu/offices/cave/
consent/).
* Clery Center, The Campus Sexual
Violence Elimination (SaVE) Act
(http://clerycenter.org/campus-sexualviolence-elimination-save-act).
* Federal Register, Violence
Against Women Act (https://
www.federalregister.gov/
articles/2014/10/20/2014-24284/
violence-against-women-act).
* Tyler Kingkade, "85 Colleges Are
Now Under Federal Investigation for
Sexual Assault Cases," Huffington
Post (October 15, 2014).
* Christopher Krebs, Christine
Lindquist, Tara Warner, Bonnie Fisher,
and Sandra Martin, The Campus
Sexual Assault (CSA) Study (U.S.
Department of Justice, December
2007).
* Emily Mathieu and Jayme Poisson,
"Canadian Post-Secondary Schools
Failing Sex Assault Victims," Toronto
Star (November 20, 2014).
* Jared Misner, "California Shifts to 'Yes
Means Yes' Standard for College Sex,"
The Chronicle of Higher Education
(September 29, 2014).
* National Center for Education
Statistics, Title IX (http://nces.ed.gov/
fastfacts/display.asp?id=93).
* Not Alone: Together Against Sexual
Assault (https://www.notalone.gov/).
* Ontario Women's Directorate and
Ministry of Training, Colleges and
Universities, Developing a Response
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to Sexual Violence: A Resource
Guide for Ontario's Colleges and
Universities (January 2013).
* The White House, 1 is 2 MANY:
Twenty Years Fighting Violence
Against Women and Girls
(September 2014).
* The White House, Not Alone: The
First Report of the White House Task
Force to Protect Students from Sexual
Assault (April 2014).
* The White House, The White House
Memorandum - Establishing a White
House Task Force to Protect Students
from Sexual Assault (January 22,
2014).
* University of California, Policy -
Sexual Harassment and Sexual
Violence (http://policy.ucop.edu/
doc/4000385/SHSV).
* U.S. Department of Education, Office
for Civil Rights, Dear Colleague
Letter: Sexual Violence Background,
Summary, and Fast Facts (April 4,
2011).
* U.S. Department of Education, Office
for Civil Rights, Questions and

Answers on Title IX and Sexual
Violence (http://www2.ed.gov/
about/offices/list/ocr/docs/qa201404-title-ix.pdf).
* U.S. Department of Justice, Title

IX Legal Manual (http://www.
justice.gov/crt/about/cor/coord/
ixlegal.php#I.%20Overview%20
of%20Title%20IX:%20
Interplay%20with%20Title%20
VI,%20Section%20504,%20
Title%20VII,%20and%20the%20
Fourteenth%20Amendment).
* Virginia Poverty Law Center

(VPLC), House of Representatives
Passes Violence Against Women
Act (VAWA) (March 1, 2013).
* Robin Wilson, "How 'Yes Means

Yes' Already Works on One
Campus," The Chronicle of Higher
Education (September 29, 2014).

where everyone on campus
understands that sexual violence is
unacceptable, survivors receive the
services they need and perpetrators
are held accountable." In reaction,
presidents from 24 public colleges in
Ontario announced that they would
form a task force to create policies
that could uniformly be used by all
post-secondary institutions across the
province.
One of the brightest spotlights
came from the White House when
President Barack Obama created a task
force focused on preventing student
sexual assault. He announced the
project with the words, "we need to
keep saying to anyone out there who
has ever been assaulted: you are not
alone. We have your back. I've got your
back," and this has led to educational
resources via the Not Alone website
and, later, educational and public
awareness programs through the It's
On Us campaign.

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anaging the complexities of sexual
violence incidents challenges housing
and residence life programs and
the institution as a whole, due to
the ethical and emotional tangles of
such a powerful topic as well as the
legal issues that surround it. Many
discussions of campus assaults point
to Title IX legislation. Officially titled
Title IX of the Education Amendments
of 1972, it is roundly used by campus
cultures, the public, and the media to
describe any disciplinary action and
government intervention connected
to sexual assault. According to
information provided by the U.S.
Department of Education to the
Huffington Post, as of October 2014,
there were 85 campuses in the U.S.
that faced investigation of their
handling of gender-based violence
cases. Title IX's true design, however,
is to assist all stakeholders who seek to
combat sexual violence on college and
university campuses with appropriate
protocol, legal advice, and resources.
Enacted in 1972, it is a legal statute

http://www.clarku.edu/offices/cave/consent/ http://www.clarku.edu/offices/cave/consent/ http://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SHSV http://clerycenter.org/campus-sexual-violence-elimination-save-act https://www.federalregister.gov/articles/2014/10/20/2014-24284/violence-against-women-act http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/qa-201404-title-ix.pdf http://www.justice.gov/crt/about/cor/coord/ixlegal.php#I.%20Overview%20of%20Title%20IX:%20Interplay%20with%20Title%20VI,%20Section%20504,%20Title%20VII,%20and%20the%20Fourteenth%20Amendment http://nces.ed.gov/fastfacts/display.asp?id=93 https://www.notalone.gov/

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