Liberty University hit with record $14M fine for flouting federal crime reporting laws

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

50% : Rich Cordray, chief operating officer for student aid with the Department of Education, said the goal of the Clery Act is to create "safe and secure campus communities" and "responsibly disclose information about crimes and other safety concerns.""We will continue to hold schools accountable if they fail to do so," he said.
48% : The conservative Christian school will also spend another $2 million on campus safety improvements related to the Clery Act, which requires campuses that receive federal funds to report crime statistics, the department said.
37% : ""We acknowledge and sincerely regret past program deficiencies and have since corrected these errors with great care and concern," he said, adding that Liberty has spent more than $10 million since 2022 to bring its safety programs into compliance with the Clery Act and Title IX rules.
36% : The fine is the largest on record for Clery Act violations, the federal student aid office said.
35% : Title IX forbids sex-based discrimination in higher education and requires schools to have a system in place to respond to sexual assault allegations.

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