http://www.theatlantic.com/education/archive/2014/04/could-college-rankings-solve-the-campus-rape-crisis/361223/
This fall, as high school seniors prepare to apply to college, many will scan the rankings provided by U.S. News & World Report. They'll compare colleges' class sizes, tuition prices, the student-faculty ratio, and—potentially—their sexual-assault statistics. That is, if some members of Congress get their way.Earlier this month, a dozen House members, including two Republicans, sent a letter to U.S. News & World Report asking the publisher to include sexual-assault and prevention data in its venerated annual college rankings.Rep. Jackie Speier, D-Calif., who is spearheading the effort, said she became interested in the issue while working to curb sexual assault in the military. "Oftentimes the Pentagon brass has come to me and said, 'Well, our statistics are better than college campuses.' And I thought, well, if that's the case, then we've got an issue in both settings," Speier said in an interview Wednesday.
i think this is great we've always heard "the people need to know" and since those schools seem to be late to the gate to do any meaningful reform to the present laws and protocols of those schools that turn blind eyes to this horrendous plight of our kids the future of America do we want them to be scarred for life while trying to run our gov't or a job or being a mom or dad?
i might also point out only two republicans are up with this, i've written before i think the republicans support rape and violence to women look at their lack of voting and track record.
But it doesn't stop there. Six percent of men are sexually assaulted in college, and more than 70 percent of LGBT students are sexually harassed during their college years, Speier said. In a recent op-ed, Rep. Pat Meehan, R-Pa., who joined Speier in signing the letter, also noted that an average-sized university with 10,000 students can expect "as many as 350 rapes per year.""I think they're all staggering numbers. And the issue has not been taken seriously enough," Speier said. "I think when it starts to affect your rankings on the U.S. News and World Report 'bible,' as it's received by both universities and parents evaluating colleges with their kids, then we'll see things change."
are those who discriminate parroting their home life and environmental influences, there is a trend of more tolerant youths but you still have that minority of haters, those who engage should be published as well ifwe are not to tolerate the intolerable how better than to let the world know who they are, and how many jobs would be open to them.
that of course would have to be a private effort schools won't do that they would lose students/money.
