Colleges and universities around the nation are being asked by a White House task force to step up and take action to curb sexual assaults on campus. And the Justice Department announced investigations into how sexual assault cases are being handled at 55 campuses across the nation, including four in California.
Universities are required to disclose incidents of rape and sexual assault, but it's still a sensitive subject. The report finds progress is being made on college campuses — but more can be done.
According to a recent NPR story on the White House report:
"So if you say, look, University of Michigan, we want you to be aggressive. We want you to be focused. We want you to get your students to tell you what's going on, then our numbers are going to go up," says Royster Harper, the school's vice president for student affairs. "If you want low numbers, you're really saying to students, be quiet. We should expect the more education we do, the safer our students feel, the more they see us responding. We should expect our numbers to go up."
We take a look at what's working in San Diego with a discussion with Mesa College's Student Health Services director. Also, how difficult is it to prosecute these cases? Sex crimes prosecutor in San Diego Wendy Patrick will tell us.
