ASHE SCHOW: Mandatory Reporting Already Exists On Some Campuses:

Some colleges already use a “mandatory reporting” system for sexual assault cases, but it’s not the one being vilified in the press by advocates.

Advocates have been pillorying the Safe Campus Act because it would prevent schools from using quasi-judicial campus discipline panels to investigate and punish students accused of sexual assault unless accusers first call the police. That seems hard to believe for those not familiar with the current campus climate, but police involvement is heavily disfavored by advocates. The reason is that law enforcement usually requires more evidence than a shifty accusation.

The mandatory reporting system mentioned in the headline is in reference to resident advisers (RAs) — usually students — who have to report incidents of school conduct violations to administrators. . . .

The Times also notes another issue for university RAs when determining whether or not to report: The current campus climate of “political correctness that instills in students a fear of offending others and that hampers open dialogue.”

Students are being taught to run to authorities for help instead of doing something as simple as saying “no” or “please stop.” And that’s not even in response to a potential sexual assault, it’s to everything, even if someone is texting you too much or doing any number of a million other things that are annoying.

We need some sort of toughness-test before students can enter college. Maybe modeled on Parris Island.