The US Department of Justice announced today Friday that it is opening an investigation into the University of New Mexico鈥檚 policies on dealing with sexual assaults on campus. It鈥檚 the latest in a number of DOJ investigations into university sexual assault policies nationwide.
The Justice Department review is a first for the university, and administrators say they still don鈥檛 know the details of the student accusations or the planned investigation.
There has been a spike in sexual assault cases reported at UNM recently 鈥� show 11 cases of sexual assault were registered by campus police last year, up from 4 cases in 2012.
The university following the rise in assault cases. The DOJ says its review is intended to make sure UNM policies comply with the , which prohibits gender discrimination in education.
