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The federal government has opened an investigation into how Dartmouth College in Hanover, N.H., handles sexual misconduct. But unlike other recent investigations of how colleges respond to sexual misconduct and assault, this investigation was not directly spurred by a student complaint.

A number of prominent colleges and universities are currently under investigation by the U.S. Department of Education’s Office for Civil Rights, responding to complaints filed by students who allege failures to adjudicate sexual violence on campus.

A group of students and recent alumni filed a complaint against Dartmouth in May, claiming the school violated the Clery Act, a federal law requiring accurate tracking and disclosure of campus crime. Those students also planned to file a Title IX complaint with the Office of Civil Rights, but now they will not have to, since department spokesman Stephen Spector confirmed Tuesday that the agency has launched an investigation on its own.

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