The federal law aimed at protecting college students from sexual abuse

The lawsuit by a former Cornell University student, alleging she was raped in 2024 by seven male students, has renewed long-standing concerns about how colleges deal with sexual assault.

<img src='https://npr.brightspotcdn.com/dims3/default/strip/false/crop/6000x4000+0+0/resize/6000x4000!/?url=http%3A%2F%2Fnpr-brightspot.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fa5%2Fda%2F37d7e2d7430491f707ec5014d15c%2Fap26271556664976.jpg' alt='People walk on the campus of Cornell University in Ithaca, N.Y., in 2024.'/><p>The lawsuit by a former Cornell University student, alleging she was raped in 2024 by seven male students, has renewed long-standing concerns about how colleges deal with sexual assault.</p><p>(Image credit: Seth Wenig)</p><img src='https://media.npr.org/include/images/tracking/npr-rss-pixel.png?story=nx-s1-5983779' />