Most federal sexual cases against colleges dropped. Citing tardy filing, US often rejects allegations of mishandling sexual violence complaints

The Boston Globe reports:

Over the past decade, federal investigators have dropped nearly three-quarters of the allegations against colleges accused of mishandling complaints of sexual violence on their campuses, often because the complaints are filed too long after the incident.

Of the 118 investigations closed between 2004 and 2014, 87 cases were shut because the allegations could not be proved, for late filing, or administrative reasons, according to a Globe analysis of data from the US Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights, the agency that conducts investigations into discrimination related to sexual violence on college campuses.

The figures shed light on the outcome of the allegations at a time of heightened awareness of campus sexual violence. The number of sexual violence-related investigations opened each year has increased steadily over the past decade, from a single case in 2004 to 17 in 2012, 32 in 2013, and 102 last year.

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