Congresswoman Jackie Speier (D-San Francisco/San Mateo counties) introduced legislation to require notation on the academic transcript of any student found by a college or university to have violated the school’s rules or policies with regards to sexual violence.

The University of Maryland will be charging its own students to fund its federally mandated Title IX office that investigates reports of sexual assault on campus.

The University of Texas System announced science-based guidelines to help police for all 14 campuses better respond to sexual assault victims.

In 2014, 91 percent of college campuses reported zero incidents of rape in 2014, according to an American Association of University Women (AAUW) analysis of U.S. 

Pennsylvania Governor Wolf announced the launch of “It’s On Us PA” – the first statewide campaign to address the crisis of sexual assault in schools and on college campuses.

Chris Houtz, a sergeant with the Lehigh University Police Department Sergeant, received the Jeanne Clery Award for Campus Safety. 

Patty Murray (D-WA) announced the introduction of the Security and Financial Empowerment (SAFE) Act of 2015, building on the Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). 

A survey by the Association of American Universities (AAU) found that 23% of female college students have been sexually assaulted. 

The violent crime rate did not change significantly in 2014 compared to 2013, according to the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

Homicide and assault rates have decreased significantly since 1980, but overall rates of violence remain high.