The federal government has opened a new civil rights investigation related to sexual violence issues at the University of Virginia, officials disclosed Wednesday. It is the second such probe to occur at U-Va. within the past five years. U-Va. is now one of 202 colleges and universities nationwide facing a sexual violence inquiry under the federal anti-discrimination law known as Title IX. The Education Department said its Office for Civil Rights, or OCR, opened the case Friday.

July 27, 2016 ・ From The Washington Post