Campus Rape Reports Are Up, And Assaults Aren't The Only Reason 
 
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 The number of "forcible rapes" that get reported at four-year colleges increased 49 percent between 2008 and 2012. Various studies have found that around one in five college females will be the victim of sexual assault during their time on campus and that around 90-95% of these sexual assaults go unreported. But there's also a way to look at the rise in reports and see something positive: It means more students are willing to come forward and report this underreported crime." "When we see sexual assault numbers increase, that hopefully means the barriers to reporting are finally beginning to be addressed, which means you are beginning the steps to solve the problem," S. Daniel Carter, director of the 32 National Campus Safety Initiative, told The Globe. The White House responded to a series of highly publicized on-campus rapes by releasing a set of guidelines in April urging universities to fight sexual assault, and to change reporting structures so that victims feel safe to come forward. University crimes in every other category decreased, said the report, which primarily focused on elementary and secondary school safety.  A new study released Tuesday by the U.S. Department of Education on school crime and safety revealed what appears to be a troubling statistic — sexual assault reports at college campus have increased more than 50% in 10 years. There is still a massive difference between the one in five statistic — notably cited by the White House earlier this year — and the new DOE report's 2.2 sexual assault reports per 10,000 students.
– There might be a reason that college sexual assaults make the news more often these days. A new Department of Education report has found that reports of "forcible" campus sexual assaults shot up 50% between 2001 and 2011, jumping from 2,200 to 3,300, Time reports. At the same time, every other category of college crime decreased. The numbers mean that 2.2 out of every 10,000 college students in 2011 reported an assault, Business Insider points out. Still, the spike doesn't necessarily mean that more assaults are occurring; it might just mean that victims have become more comfortable coming forward. "It's a good thing that more victims are reporting," one advocate told NPR in response to a similar finding in April. "For far too long, they've been left on their own. And now they're getting the help they need."