One in five women are sexually assaulted on college campuses, according to the White House. That figure was drawn from a 2007 study of two universities in the South and Midwest, which found that 19% of 5,446 undergraduate respondents said they experienced an attempted or completed sexual assault in college. A University of California survey released in March found that 6% of undergraduate respondents reported experiencing unwanted sexual conduct, including forced fondling and rape.
UC Berkeley was targeted last year by student activists, who filed a complaint alleging that the university had violated the federal Clery Act, which requires schools to report rape and other campus crimes. In February, 31 current and former Berkeley students filed additional complaints after saying the federal government had failed to respond to their initial action.