FILE - Liberty University's football stadium is empty as students were welcomed back to the university's campus, March 24, 2020, in Lynchburg, Va. Liberty University failed to warn its Virginia campus community about safety threats, including from individuals accused of sexual violence, according to a Washington Post report published on Tuesday, Oct. 3, 2023.
In a statement released Tuesday, Liberty confirmed it received the government's report in May but said it has been corresponding with officials since then about “significant errors, misstatements, and unsupported conclusions in the Department’s preliminary findings.” Schools that violate the law are often fined and required to make sweeping changes. For example, Michigan State was fined $4.5 million in 2019. Federal investigators said it failed to adequately respond toThe government has been reviewing Liberty’s adherence to the Clery Act during the years 2016 and 2022. Liberty's statement on Tuesday acknowledged the school identified “historic gaps in compliance” and said it has taken “timely action” to remedy them.
Liberty has become one of the world’s largest Christian schools since its 1971 founding by religious broadcaster Jerry Falwell Sr. Last fall, the school said it hit a record of 115,000 students pursuing degrees online, while more than 15,000 were enrolled at its campus in Lynchburg. Liberty settled a civil lawsuit filed by 12 women women last year after they accused the school of fostering an unsafe environment and mishandling cases of sexual assault and harassment.
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