Obama aims at campus sex crimes
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(CNN) -- The Obama administration is launching a big new offensive: Combating sexual assault on college campuses.
On Friday, the White House launched "It's On Us," a campaign aimed at tackling the problem plaguing universities across the country. The movement, developed from recommendations issued by a White House-ordered task force in April, will seek to raise awareness and educate college students about the issue and what can be done to prevent it.
A top priority
"It's On Us" is a next step in a series taken by the Obama administration to address the problem of sexual assault at colleges.
In April, the task force released a 20-page report that highlighted what it described as the four most pressing problems in this area:
Identifying the problem on campuses;
Engaging men in prevention measures;
Effectively responding to assault where it's reported; and
Increasing transparency in the federal government's effort to enforce laws and respond to sexual assault cases.
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Obama aims at campus sex crimes