Title IX And Sexual Assault On Campus

In January this year, President Obama created the Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault to provide colleges and universities with recommendations to prevent and respond to sexual assault and enhance efforts to hold educational institutions accountable when they fall short in addressing sexual assault on their campuses. Recently, the Task Force issued its first report containing action steps and recommendations to assist colleges and universities in meeting their obligations to protect students from sexual violence. 

While the first report is far from comprehensive, it offers a foreshadowing of the government's increased effort to enforce Title IX and provides initial steps to assist institutions to prepare for  upcoming enforcement efforts.