Occidental College Settles with Student Rape Survivors
LatestOccidental College will pay the price for repeatedly mishandling sexual assault allegations: senior officials agreed to pay an undisclosed sum to the the 50 current and former students and faculty members who, with the help of Gloria Allred, filed a federal Title IX complaint in April.
Students and alumni alleged that the liberal arts college “fostered a hostile learning environment through decisions designed to bury the true numbers of sexual assaults on campus” (via the L.A. Times). When they asked for help, they felt “betrayed by campus administrators, and re-victimized.”