The U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights is investigating allegations of sexual violence regarding football players at the University of Tennessee.
“While privacy laws prevent the university from disclosing the details of the complaint, I can assure you we will cooperate fully with OCR as it investigates the complaint,” chancellor Jimmy Cheek said in an email, per Anita Wadhwani of the Tennessean.
Tennessee joins Florida State and Vanderbilt among major universities at the center of government probes. With sexual violence long a problem on college campuses, increased social pressure and media coverage have spurred efforts into investigating these claims.