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22 Michigan Schools Get $500K to Fight Sexual Assault

Oakland University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn are among recipients of grants to help stop sexual assaults.

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Oakland University and the University of Michigan-Dearborn are among nearly two dozen Michigan colleges and universities receiving $500,000 in grants to fight sexual assaults under a program announced Wednesday by Michigan First Lady Sue Snyder, who has made the issue one of her top priorities.

Oakland University will receive a $10,500 grant. In general, the grants focus on prevention and education. U-M-Dearborn is in line to receive $38,016. The grants focus on education and prevention.

“I’m very excited about these projects,” Snyder told the Detroit Free Press in a telephone interview. “We’re just going to keep the conversation going on this issue.”

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Grants also went to the University of Michigan and Michigan State University, both of which have been under federal investigation for their handling of sexual assault reports.

Earlier this fall, the Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights said in a damning report that Michigan State’s mishandling of sexual assault violations from 2005 to 2014j may have “contributed to a continuation of a sexually hostile environment” for students and staff.

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Schools getting grants are:

  • Albion College ($7,335)
  • Aquinas College ($4,637)
  • Calvin College ($32,750)
  • Central Michigan University ($33,435)
  • Davenport University ($15,000)
  • Delta College ($28,850)
  • Eastern Michigan University ($53,926)
  • Ferris State University ($10,000)
  • Finlandia University ($15,000)
  • Grand Rapids Community College ($7,716)
  • Kalamazoo Valley Community College ($13,399)
  • Lake Superior State University ($60,000)
  • Michigan State University ($12,000)
  • Michigan Technological University ($17,746)
  • Northern Michigan University ($30,000)
  • Northwestern Michigan College ($953)
  • Oakland University ($10,550)
  • Saginaw Valley State University ($34,321)
  • University of Michigan–Ann Arbor ($20,003)
  • University of Michigan–Dearborn ($38,016)
  • University of Michigan–Flint ($29,363)
  • Western Michigan University ($25,000)

Collectively, Michigan’s public and private colleges and universities reported 159 sexual assaults in 2013, the latest year for which complete figures are available, a 62 percent increase from 2001.

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