Liberty University fined $14M for crime stats, sexual assault victim compliance

(The Center Square) – Virginia’s Liberty University has been fined $14 million in response to an investigation that says the school failed to report campus crime statistics and its handling of victims of sexual assault.

The U.S. Department of Education delivered its largest fine for violating the Clery Act, requiring higher education institutions to “produce and distribute Annual Security Reports containing their campus crime statistics.”

Numerous areas of “noncompliance were identified” in the findings. The violations significantly impacted the campus community members, going as far as saying they were the...