--- title: Joe Biden on Campus Sexual Assault: Step Up. It's Time 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 canonical: https://time.com/97452/campus-sexual-assault-joe-biden/ author: Joe Biden article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2014-05-15T12:05:12.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T08:55:16.703Z og:title: Joe Biden on Campus Sexual Assault: Step Up. 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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/) _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/)_.)_ ```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. 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