<p>kaukana, you really have to look up the whole issue of Title IX and associated recommendations and procedures. It has been discussed on CC at great length.</p>
<p>The 55 schools are not schools where there is more sexual assault than other places. Many of them earned their place on this list because they had a group of students who were sufficiently activist to file a Title IX complaint.</p>
<p>I think that it is a very good thing that this has become a matter of national attention. It’s great that VP Biden is leading an effort to publicize the problem and make change. At the same time, it is important to realize that the cited schools are not only not alone in having sexual assault on campus, but quite possibly not even among the places where it is most prevalent (if that could even be determined). Alas, when the publicity ball gets rolling… Janet Reitman of Rolling Stone isn’t going to go hang out and party with kids at all 55 schools. She’s going to pick her targets.</p>
<p>BTW, Amherst may have abolished its fraternity system, but they still have frats, as recent events–the pig roast poster?–have proven.</p>