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Liberty University will pay $14 million fine for student safety violations

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Liberty University will pay a $14 million fine for its failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors.

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  1. Anchorage Daily News

    Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14M fine for failing to disclose crime data (opens Anchorage Daily News)

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    Anchorage Daily News's feed description

    The U.S. Department of Education says the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes on campus, including sexual assault, while marketing itself as having one of the safest campuses.

  2. Portland Press Herald

    Liberty University fined a record $14 million for violating campus safety law (opens Portland Press Herald)

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    The Education Department will impose a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, department officials announced Tuesday, for violations of federal law on campus safety.

  3. Bangor Daily News

    Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act (opens Bangor Daily News)

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    Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school's failure to disclose information about crimes on its

  4. CNN

    Liberty University fined $14 million for campus safety violations (opens CNN)

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    The Department of Education imposed a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, a Christian college located in Virginia, over violations of a campus safety law, officials said Tuesday.

  5. Minneapolis Star Tribune

    Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14 million fine for failing to disclose crime data (opens Minneapolis Star Tribune)

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    Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the Christian school failed to disclose information about crimes that occurred on its Lynchburg campus, including those involving sexual assaults, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

  6. New York Post

    Liberty University agrees to unprecedented $14M fine for failing to disclose crime data including sexual assaults (opens New York Post)

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    Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the Christian school failed to disclose information about crimes that occurred on its Lynchburg campus, including those involving sexual assaults, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

  7. Richmond Times-Dispatch

    Liberty University paying $14M, largest fine ever levied under federal Clery Act (opens Richmond Times-Dispatch)

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    Richmond Times-Dispatch's feed description

    The U.S. Department of Education says Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine after the large Christian school in Virginia failed to disclose information about crimes

  8. NBC News

    Liberty University hit with record $14M fine for flouting federal crime reporting laws (opens NBC News)

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    Liberty University will pay a record $14 million fine for flouting campus crime reporting laws, the U.S.

  9. Daily Progress

    Liberty University faces $14 million fine for violating act that mandates crime reporting (opens Daily Progress)

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    Daily Progress's feed description

    Liberty University faces a $14 million fine from the U.S. Department of Education as part of a settlement agreement with the university for "material and ongoing violations" of the Clery Act relating to its published crime statistics and treatment of sexual assault survivors, according to a news rel…

  10. ABC 17 Mid-Missouri

    Liberty University fined record $14 million for campus safety law violations (opens ABC 17 Mid-Missouri)

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    By Katie Lobosco, CNN (CNN) — The Department of Education imposed a record $14 million fine on Liberty University, a Christian college located in Virginia, over violations of a campus safety law, officials said Tuesday.

  11. Fox News

    Liberty University fined $14 million by Dept. of Education over failure to comply with campus safety standards (opens Fox News)

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    Liberty University was ordered to pay a $14 million fine from the Department of Education Office of Federal Student Aid over violations of campus safety expectations.

  12. Washington Times

    Liberty University hit with record $14 million fine campus safety violations (opens Washington Times)

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    Liberty University will pay a record $14 million fine for violations of federal law covering the treatment of sexual assault victims and statutes that require schools to disclose crime statistics and campus threats, the Education Department said Tuesday.

  13. Inside Higher Ed

    Liberty University fined $14 million for Clery violations (opens Inside Higher Ed)

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    The fine was part of a settlement agreement with the Department of Education for violating campus crime-reporting requirements. The Department of Education hit Liberty University with a $14 million fine after a lengthy investigation found that the evangelical Virginia institution failed to comply wi…

  14. Green Field Reporter

    Liberty University will pay $14 million, the largest fine ever levied under the federal Clery Act - The Daily Reporter (opens Green Field Reporter)

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    Liberty University has agreed to pay an unprecedented $14 million fine for the Christian school’s failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors, the U.S. Department of Education announced Tuesday.

  15. Voice of America

    Liberty University to Pay Record Fine for Failing to Report Campus Crimes (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The fine is by far the largest under the Clery Act., a federal law that requires universities to collect crime data and notify students of threats

  16. Newsweek

    Liberty University slams Biden administration after $14 million fine (opens Newsweek)

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    The school was fined for failure to meet crime reporting standards and for discouraging sexual violence victims from speaking out.

  17. The Guardian

    Liberty University fined $14m over ‘culture of silence’ around sexual assault (opens The Guardian)

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    Christian evangelical institution punished victims ‘for violating the student code of conduct’ as ‘assailants were left unpunished’

  18. Rolling Stone

    Top Evangelical University Fined $14 Million Over Sexual Assault Cases (opens Rolling Stone)

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    Liberty University was fined $14 million by the Department of Education for mishandling sexual assault cases.

  19. New York Times

    Liberty University Fined $14 Million for Mishandling Sex Assaults and Other Crimes (opens New York Times)

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    The penalty is the largest ever imposed by the Education Department, which found that the school had punished sexual assault victims but not their assailants and created a “culture of silence.”

  20. Christianity Today

    Liberty University Fined $14M Over Campus Safety (opens Christianity Today)

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    Focused on the evangelical school’s handling of sexual violence, the federal penalty is by far the largest in the Department of Education’s history.

  21. Relevant Magazine

    Liberty University Fined a Record-Setting $14 Million by the Department of Education - RELEVANT (opens Relevant Magazine)

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    Liberty University, the largest Christian university in the U.S., has agreed to pay a $14 million fine as a result of a Department of Education review

  22. New Hampshire Union Leader

    Liberty University fined record $14 million under federal crime-reporting law (opens New Hampshire Union Leader)

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    New Hampshire Union Leader's feed description

    Liberty University, founded by Christian televangelist and conservative activist Jerry Falwell, was ordered to pay a record $14 million fine for breaking a federal law requiring schools to report sexual

  23. CBS News

    Liberty University will pay $14 million fine for student safety violations (opens CBS News)

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    CBS News's feed description

    Liberty University will pay a $14 million fine for its failure to disclose information about crimes on its campus and for its treatment of sexual assault survivors.

  24. Courthouse News Service

    Liberty University hit with record fine over failure to report crimes (opens Courthouse News Service)

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    Courthouse News Service's feed description

    In a settlement with the U.S. Department of Education, the private Christian university agreed to also spend $2 million for campus safety and compliance enhancements.

  25. Fortune

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