--- description: Vice President Joe Biden has voiced his opinion about the sexual assault problem on college campuses across the country, telling TIME that the White House wants to pressure university presidents to figure out a better way to handle claims of rape title: Joe Biden on Campus Sexual Assault: Step Up. It's Time image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0376581ab3698d/69868f6b35ba6f4574c02001/487333925.jpg?branch=production&width=3840&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Living](/tag/time-section-living/) ## Living Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # Joe Biden to Colleges: 'Step Up. It's Time'  by [Joe Biden](/author/joe-biden/)  ## Joe Biden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 12:05 PM CUT  Joe Biden on April 29, 2014 in Washington, D.C. Joe Biden on April 29, 2014 in Washington, D.C.Win McNamee—Getty Images  by [Joe Biden](/author/joe-biden/)  ## Joe Biden Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 15, 2014 12:05 PM CUT _Joe Biden is the Vice President of the United States_ I believe that the vast majority of college presidents are right minded and like stockholders putting pressure on CEOs, the White House wants to put pressure on them to change. You don’t want to be a school that mishandles rape. Guess what? Step up. It’s time. Its absolutely time because the moral disapprobation of society is the most powerful tool for effecting change in the cultural norms that doggedly hang on. _(You can read more opinions in_ [_TIME’s special report: Ending Campus Sexual Assault_](http://time.com/100038/college-sexual-assault-debate/ "undefined") _and get the full story in this week’s cover article by Eliza Gray:_ [_The Sexual Assault Crisis on American Campuses_](http://time.com/100542/the-sexual-assault-crisis-on-american-campuses/ "undefined")_.)_ ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/97452/campus-sexual-assault-joe-biden/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/97452/campus-sexual-assault-joe-biden/"},"headline":"Joe Biden to Colleges: 'Step Up. It's Time'","datePublished":"2014-05-15T12:05:12.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T08:55:16.703Z","description":"Vice President Joe Biden has voiced his opinion about the sexual assault problem on college campuses across the country, telling TIME that the White House wants to pressure university presidents to figure out a better way to handle claims of rape","url":"https://time.com/97452/campus-sexual-assault-joe-biden/","keywords":["Living","Sexual Assault","Joe Biden","White House"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0376581ab3698d/69868f6b35ba6f4574c02001/487333925.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Joe Biden","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/joe-biden/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt2a0376581ab3698d/69868f6b35ba6f4574c02001/487333925.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"Vice President Biden Speaks On White House Task Force To Protect Students From Sexual Assault","caption":"Vice President Biden Speaks On White House Task Force To Protect Students From Sexual Assault","creditText":"Win McNamee—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-living/","name":"Living"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/97452/campus-sexual-assault-joe-biden/","name":"Joe Biden to Colleges: 'Step Up. It's Time'"}}]}] ```