Liberty University is the subject of a report by the U.S. Department of Education that finds Liberty U. in gross violation of a federal law requiring colleges and universities to report campus crime. Here's a clip from WaPo:
Liberty
University has failed for years to keep its campus safe and repeatedly
violated the federal law that specifies how it should do so, according
to preliminary confidential findings from an Education Department
inquiry.
The
initial report on the school’s Clery Act compliance — which the
university can respond to and dispute before the department makes a
final determination — paints a picture of a university that discouraged
people from reporting crimes, underreported the claims it received and,
meanwhile, marketed its Virginia campus as one of the safest in the
country.
Liberty
failed to warn the campus community about gas leaks, bomb threats and
people credibly accused of repeated acts of sexual violence — including a
senior administrator and an athlete — according to the report, a copy
of which was obtained by The Washington Post. Two people familiar
with the conclusions, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because
of the confidential nature of the document, confirmed the findings.
The draft also contends officials at Liberty destroyed evidence after a government inquiry began.“This
is the single most blistering Clery report I have ever read. Ever,”
said S. Daniel Carter, a campus safety consultant who reviewed a copy of
the initial report obtained by The Post. Earlier in his career, Carter
filed Clery Act complaints against multiple universities, including
Liberty, as a victims advocate. “I cannot think of a single other
comparable case in the entire 32-year history of the Clery Act.”
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