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[quote=Anonymous]Important story from the Chronicle of Higher Ed
http://m.chronicle.com/article/Raped-on-Campus-Don-t-Trust/228093/

Short version: rape victim goes to counseling services on campus, then finds that statements she made in those counseling sessions are used to remove her from campus.  I work in higher ed and have seen this happen-a rape victim finds herself called into the dean's office and is told that she's a danger to herself and she needs to take a leave of absence-based on conversations with a therapist that she thought were private (in all the cases I know of personally, the young woman said she was not suicidal).

From the article:

"Students: Don’t go to your college counseling center to seek therapy. Go to an off-site counseling center. If, God forbid, you’ve been sexually assaulted, try to find a rape-crisis center. It will have wonderful people to talk to, free of charge. (I know from personal experience.) You simply do not have adequate privacy protections if you go to a college-provided counselor. Sorry. (Or, in the University of Oregon’s case, sorry not sorry.)

Instructors: Don’t advise your students to seek counseling in the on-campus counseling center. There is no way that, in good conscience, I can ever give that advice again. If you have a student in crisis, help that student find support off campus."

- See more at: http://m.chronicle.com/article/Raped-on-Campus-Don-t-Trust/228093/#sthash.9CiUbeWS.dpuf

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