San Jose colleges under federal investigation for campus sexual assault response

A federal agency is investigating a South Bay community college district’s response to sexual assault as a group of faculty whistle-blowers say Evergreen Valley and San Jose City colleges are failing to properly police the campuses, send timely alerts about troublesome incidents, or encourage victims to report their attacks. ” … the district has, for years, failed to provide adequate safety for its students and employees and has continually disregarded serious violent crime problems, especially sexual violence, at the colleges,” reads a complaint obtained by this newspaper, signed by four professors and a student — their names redacted.

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by Katy Murphy, The San Jose Mercury News.

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