Tell us: Can a new law help students who report campus sexual assault?
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Version 0 of 1. As we’ve learned over the past several months, universities’ current practices don’t give students much hope of recourse if they are sexually assaulted. But a bipartisan group of US senators unveiled the Campus Safety and Accountability Act on Wednesday in an effort to force universities to improve their handling of sexual assault cases on campus. Here are some of the key changes that universities would be required to implement: More legislation from the House and Senate is also on the way. We want to hear how students are reacting. Are you concerned about sexual assault on campus? Do you think the current processes for reporting campus sexual assault are enough? Do you think politicians are focused on the right issues? Tell us via the secure, encrypted form below. The information you submit will only be seen by the journalist and editor working on this project: Kayla Epstein and Megan Carpentier (you can click on their names for biographies and Twitter handles). Since we are hoping to illustrate how students feel about the proposed reforms, we may use selected responses for a separate article and, if we plan to use yours, we will contact you via email. |