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"LANCASTER, Pa. \u00A0-- Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pa. is among the 55 colleges and universities currently facing a Title IX sexual abuse investigation.The U.S. Department of Education's office has taken the unprecedented step of releasing the names of the schools they are investigating.The release comes two days after a White House task force promised greater government transparency on sexual assault in higher education.The agency previously would confirm such an investigation when asked, but students and others were often unaware of them.Title IX prohibits gender discrimination at schools that receive federal funds. It is the same law that guarantees girls equal access to sports, but it also regulates institutions' handling of sexual violence and increasingly is being used by victims who say their school failed to protect them.Penn State University is also on the list. The university issued this statement on Thursday:\u00A0\"To further the purposes of Title IX, strengthen Penn State as an institution, and promote and protect the safety of the university community, Penn State continues to work diligently with the office.\" \u00A0 \u00A0The full list is posted below. It reflects investigations open as of May 1, 2014. Schools are listed alphabetically by state:AZ Arizona State UniversityCA Butte-Glen Community College DistrictCA Occidental CollegeCA University of California-BerkeleyCA University of Southern CaliforniaCO Regis UniversityCO University of Colorado at BoulderCO University of Colorado at DenverCO University of DenverCT University of ConnecticutDC Catholic University of AmericaFL Florida State UniversityGA Emory UniversityHI University of Hawaii at ManoaID University of IdahoIL Knox CollegeIL University of ChicagoIN Indiana University-BloomingtonIN Vincennes UniversityMA Amherst CollegeMA Boston UniversityMA Emerson CollegeMA Harvard CollegeMA Harvard University\u2014Law SchoolMA University of Massachusetts-AmherstMD Frostburg State UniversityMI Michigan State UniversityMI University of Michigan-Ann ArborNC Guilford CollegeNC University of North Carolina at Chapel HillND Minot State UniversityNH Dartmouth CollegeNJ Princeton UniversityNY Cuny Hunter CollegeNY Hobart and William Smith CollegesNY Sarah Lawrence CollegeNY Suny at BinghamtonOH Denison UniversityOH Ohio State UniversityOH Wittenberg UniversityOK Oklahoma State UniversityPA Carnegie Mellon UniversityPA Franklin and Marshall CollegePA Pennsylvania State UniversityPA Swarthmore CollegePA Temple UniversityTN Vanderbilt UniversityTX Southern Methodist UniversityTX The University of Texas-Pan AmericanVA College of William and MaryVA University of VirginiaWA Washington State UniversityWI University of Wisconsin-WhitewaterWV Bethany CollegeWV West Virginia School of Osteopathic Medicine"^^<http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema#string>
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