NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Federal civil rights officials are investigating complaints by Yale University students that the Connecticut university has a sexually hostile environment and has failed to adequately respond to sexual harassment concerns.
The U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights confirmed Friday the investigation has begun into the Ivy League school. A spokesman says the office gets about 7,000 complaints annually and investigates about one-third of them.
The students cite incidents in which fraternities held up a sign “We love Yale sluts” outside a women’s center and chanted “no means yes” on campus last fall. They also say incoming female freshmen were ranked on attractiveness.
Yale says it will cooperate with the investigation and takes such allegations “extremely seriously.”
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