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"  Colleges across the country are facing complaints of sexual violence on campus, and the White House is encouraging schools to finally crack down on the problem. &amp;quot;No more turning a blind eye or pretending it doesn&amp;#039;t exist. We need to give victims the support they need \u2014 like a confidential place to go \u2014 and we need to bring the perpetrators to justice,&amp;quot; Vice President Joe Biden said in a statement.  Today Vice President Biden will unveil the report from the Task Force to Protect Students From Sexual Assault, formed by President Obama in January. The 20-page document urges schools to conduct campus climate surveys; implement qualitative prevention strategies; engage the male population on the topic; offer students more confidential reporting options; adopt comprehensive sexual misconduct policies that can be effectively enforced; forge community partnerships with local rape crisis centers; and improve the federal government&amp;#039;s own enforcement of existing laws such as Title IX, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in any education program or activity that gets federal funding, \u00A0and the Clery Act, which requires colleges to disclose information about crime on and near their campuses.  The White House has also established a new website NotAlone.gov, which will collect data and report grievances for specific schools as well as offer an explanation of rights and legal options for victims, and information on how to file a complaint. The CDC will also release a comprehensive review of effective and ineffective sexual assault prevention strategies, and the Department of Education&amp;#039;s Office of Civil Rights will release a 52-point document on students&amp;#039; rights and schools&amp;#039; obligations under Title IX.  The report comes during a period when more than 60 schools have filed Title IX complaints against various universities. Brown University recently made headlines for allowing an individual accused of rape to return to campus (though his lawyer has said he will not be back), Florida State faces reports that it failed to investigate a rape allegedly committed by their star quarterback,and legislators such as Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand and Sen. Claire McCaskill are calling for more than $100 million in federal funds to combat the issue. &amp;quot;The price of a college education should not include a one-in-five chance of being sexually assaulted,&amp;quot; Gillibrand said last month.  While the recommendations are a broad stroke in an issue governed by details, the White House insists it is just getting started and is expected to enlist Congress for support in enforcing these measures going forward.\u00A0 RELATED:\u00A0 10 Truly Alarming Relevations From a Sexual Assault Survivor at Harvard I Was a Victim of Sexual Assault and Didn&amp;#039;t Tell for 17 Years Follow Katie on Twitter. Photo Credit: Getty Images "^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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