HARI SREENIVASAN:

Legislation would create steeper penalties for schools that fail to investigate reports of assault. It also features provisions to change the culture on some campuses, including requiring colleges and universities to designate confidential advisers who would provide support and information to victims. That includes guidance on how to report the crime to local law enforcement.

Universities would also have to conduct annual surveys about students' experiences with sexual assault and publish those results online.

Anne Neal is the president of the American Council of Trustees and Alumni.

So, we have on the program because you don't think this legislation will help solve what we know is a serious problem.

ANNE NEAL, American Council of Trustees and Alumni: Well, that's right.

It is a serious problem. And we should all be deeply concerned about rape and sexual assault. But I think the question really is, where should the onus be to deal with this problem? This legislation and other actions that we have seen coming out of the Department of Education and from the vice president's office would essentially put the onus on our colleges and universities.

And, quite frankly, we have a criminal justice system, we have police departments. And it's our contention that that's where the onus should lie. We have this criminal justice system. And rather than trying to make our colleges and universities an extension of law enforcement, let's put the responsibility of where it should be in the police room and in the courts.