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Education Department fines Michigan State $4.5 million for failing to report sexual violence, including abuse of hundreds of women by former team doctor. The penalties signal toughened enforcement of federal disclosure laws.

Three students were recently arrested at three separate colleges for potentially being a threat to the campuses. Institutions are monitoring these risks more closely in an age of increasing gun violence.

Two MIT researchers resign from the Media Lab over its ties to Jeffrey Epstein.

The American Bar Association wanted to change the definition of consent in criminal sexual assault cases that closely mirrors the definition used by college and universities -- but criticism from due process advocates blocked the move.

Archaeology society continues to anger members with how it responds to negative feedback.

Lawsuit from Quinnipiac student accused of sexual violence will go to trial, with judge agreeing to potential for bias and that university officials destroyed notes in investigation.

In their upcoming book, two professors discuss federal laws and institutional policy around consent, and what colleges get wrong.

The disagreement over scholarly debate about gender identity rages on.