Third, we want to help student victims of sexual harassment to effectively file and pursue complaints with colleges, federal regulatory agencies, and if necessary, federal or state courts. Since the overwhelming majority of student victims of collegiate sexual harassment are female, the focus in our website will be on women and the problems they face. This is not meant to suggest that the harassment faced by male students on campus is insignificant or that their civil rights are any less important than women's. While their are multiple sources of sexual harassment directed at female college students, the most insidious and commonplace is the male professor. Consequently, the focus in our website will be on the small minority of male professors who are responsible for much of the harassment that occurs on campus.
Every student has the right to attend college in an environment that is free from sexual harassment.
Thus, sexual harassment of college students is clearly illegal and represents a serious violation of their civil rights. Unfortunately, the prevalence of college student sexual harassment in the United States is a national disgrace. Most colleges and universities in this country have failed to effectively address sexual harassment on campus. In fact, many institutions have created conditions that implicitly condone and allow faculty to harass students without fear of detection or punishment. Consequently, students and their parents cannot trust academic institutions to aggressively guarantee and protect student civil rights.