May 13, 2005

University to Pay $200,000 in Fines for Not Reporting Campus Crimes

By SILLA BRUSH

Salem International University has agreed to pay $200,000 in fines to the U.S. Department of Education for failing to disclose or accurately report information about crimes that occurred on its campus in the late 1990s.

The fines come five years after complaints about Salem International's reporting on campus security were first raised. The Education Department subsequently found repeated violations of the Clery Act, a federal law requiring colleges to report crimes that occur on or

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