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[Melanie Matson <>]

I would also be interested in this.
Melanie


Melanie O. Matson, M.A.
Director, Rape Prevention Education Program
Women's Center, University of California - Santa Barbara
1220 Student Resource Building
Santa Barbara, CA 93106-7190
805-893-2628

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I would be interested in collaborating on such a project.

Shari Murgittroyd, LMSW
Program Coordinator
MSU Sexual Assault Program
14 Student Services Building
East Lansing, MI  48824
Phone:  (517) 355-9320
Fax: (517) 353-8912
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Subject: RE: Withdrawls After Assaults?

This is an issue that has occupied me for quite a long time.  To really get 
an accurate set of data, one would have to get access to college records and 
send a survey out to those who withdrew prior to graduation to find out why 
someone left.  Even with that, it would take the participant the 
understanding that they actually left because of an assault, and not because 
of failing grades that we might recognize as the result of trauma.  Some 
students might not make the connections if the assault occurred sometime 
prior to leaving, just as some folks don't identify their assaults as rape 
when they legally fit that description.
This is a really important issue, and I'm wondering if we couldn't all 
collaborate on such a project. I'm not sure how we could do it, but it's 
really worth exploring.
Claire


Claire N Kaplan, PhD
Manager, SAPC Listserv
Director, Sexual & Domestic Violence Services UVA Women's Center PO Box 
800588 Charlottesville VA 22908-0588
434-982-2774 Voice
434-982-2901 Fax