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More than 430 representatives from 76 colleges and universities in Tennessee will attend a summit this week focused on campus sexual assault. The summit will be hosted by the state's public and private higher education systems -- the University of Tennessee, the Tennessee Board of Regents, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association -- and will include training and resources provided by the Tennessee Coalition to End Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault. The two-day meeting is taking place the same week that a high-profile rape trial involving two Vanderbilt University athletes is expected to conclude.
"Preventing and responding to sexual assaults and relationship violence is a priority in Washington and across the country and, now more than ever, in Tennessee," Joe DiPietro, president of the University of Tennessee, said during a call with reporters last week. "We've not only heightened our focus in Tennessee, we also agree that we can be more effective at combating sexual violence by working together."
