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Campuses aren't safe. Are universities doing enough?

  • Written by Kalpana Jain, Editor, Education, The Conversation
imageWhat risks do students face on campus?Wolfram Burner, CC BY-NC

In January 2015, a young woman was sexually assaulted while unconscious behind a dumpster on the campus of Stanford University. The victim was visiting campus to attend a fraternity party.

Last week, the perpetrator, Stanford swimmer Brock Turner, was sentenced to six months in jail and...

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