"We Will Not Be Silenced": Students Denounce Rape at Columbia as Schools Face Scrutiny for Inaction

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6. Liability and financial incentives. Perhaps therein lies the problem.

From a practical perspective, the university administration has very little tools available to prevent rapes or shootings, other than draconian measures that no one wants: Armed security and metal detectors at gates and strict enforcement of gender segregation at all social gatherings comes to mind for instance.

Perhaps demanding *more* accountability from them is precisely the counter-productive thing to do. Specifically in a place like Colombia, which is in the middle of Manhattan and where it is literally possible to cross the campus without realizing that one has entered and left a non-public place it seems crazy to assume that the university administration has the capacity to police the place and provide due-process for offenses. Given the lack of other practical tools, the university administration will react in the natural way that any organization with interest in self-preservation would when faced with a liability: Denial.

It would seem much more sensible to remove the administration from the equation entirely and treat the university campus as if it were any other public space when it comes to federal crimes.