Under one federal law, the Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act of 1990, a college must “issue a timely warning if a reported crime represents a threat to the campus community.” Citing the Clery Act, the Department of Education began investigating the university in November.

But apparently the decision to deny funding is up to senior management. Why is Planned Parenthood a problem but Penn State, which is under investigation because an assistant football coach is accused of 40 counts of sex crimes against young boys over a 15-year period, is totally a legitimate grantee?