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[Barbara Wells <>]

Hi Bob -  I"m posting this on behalf of Steve Pearlman, who for some reason is unable to access the list-serve today...Barbara

Hi all, 

I'm the Content Director for Student Success and we typically try to stay humble with respect to list participation so as not to appear self promoting.  However, we also try to be attentive to the discussions, and since there has been discussion of our programming and a direct request for information about it, I thought I'd present what follows.  

Best,

Steven

Long-term Follow-up Study On Unless There’s Consent…

In order to assess retention and other long-term outcomes from the Student Success programming, we implemented a follow-up survey that took place roughly 7-8 months following students' initial completion of the program. To maintain some consistency in the data, we invited only those schools that completed the program by September 1 of the academic year to participate in the follow-up study. This involved three small liberal arts colleges and two mid-sized universities. All of the students from those schools who completed the program were invited by email to participate online (and offered a chance to win an iPad for doing so). The following results emerge from 577 students (186 men, 381 women), which ultimately represent approximately 5% of our original sample.

Demographically, the students of the follow-up study were slightly more white, non-Latino (79.6%) and substantively less religiously affiliated (24.2%) than our original population.

Outcomes

Not unexpectedly, follow-up results did show some drop in overall scores, with men earning a 60.9% average, and women earning a 64.3% average. Each score represents a roughly 20% drop in scores from the original program post-test. We find these outcomes encouraging. They ultimately represent roughly 75% retention from the original program after a lay period of 7-8 months. It also bears noting that a mentionable percentage of men (and some women) who took the follow-up survey completed it in about a minute, meaning they clicked through it to earn a chance at the iPad but obviously did not consider, much less read the questions. Nevertheless, that roughly 75 minutes of video programming produces 75% retention beyond six months speaks well to long-term retention, and quite possibly exceeds outcomes for many semester-long college classes.

Behavioral Change Reported by Students

Even more important, perhaps, than the general learning outcomes are the behavioral changes that students report as a result of watching the Student Success program:

Of those men who (1) found themselves in applicable situations and (2) had previously engaged in such detrimental behaviors...

 52.9% now use violent language to describe sex "less," "much less," or "not at all" (L/ML/NA);

 41.9% now use alcohol less, much less, or not at all to loosen up a date;

 61.3% now communicate "more often" or "much more often" with dates about their sexual intentions, (see 4) and

 52.7% now attempt to persuade their dates to have sex less, much less, or not at all.

Of those women who (1) found themselves in applicable situations and (2) had previously engaged in such detrimental behaviors...

 52.7% now use violent language to describe sex "less," "much less," or "not at all";

 75.2% now communicate more clearly with their date regarding their sexual intentions (see 5);

 67.5% shared/discussed information from the program with others, and

 72.6% used information from the program to stop unwanted sexual activity.

Bystander Intervention

Of those men who found themselves in applicable situations...

 69.7% used information from the program to make themselves or someone else safer;

 38.9% intervened when others used sexist language, and

 60.3% intervened when others were in a potentially dangerous sexual situation.

Of those women who found themselves in applicable situations...

 81.5% used information from the program to make themselves or someone else safer;

 48.3% intervened when others used sexist language, and

 73.6% intervened when others were in a potentially dangerous sexual situation.

4 Excluded are those who found the question "Not Applicable" and those who communicated a "Majority of the Time" both prior to and after the program.

5 Excluded are those who found the question "Not Applicable" and those who communicated a "Majority of the Time" both prior to and after the program.

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On 14 April 2011 12:07, Pleasants, Robert <> wrote:

Hi Barbara,

 

Would you be willing to share it via our listserv?  Seems like the easiest way to reach us all at once.  Looking forward to seeing it.

Thanks,

-bob

 

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Robert Pleasants, Ph.D.
Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator
Counseling and Wellness Services
Campus Health Services

(919) 843-7173

CB# 7470 James A. Taylor Bldg.

UNC-Chapel Hill

Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7470

 

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From: [mailto:] On Behalf Of Barbara Wells
Sent: Thursday, April 14, 2011 12:05 PM
To: Pleasants, Robert
Cc: Roberta L Staples; Adriane Bang; Monica Collins; ; Shari Pergricht
Subject: Re: online modules

 

We see there has been some discussion about our program, Student Success - Unless There's Consent, and just want to let readers know, in answer to Dr. Pleasants, that we do have some follow-up data taken approximately 7-8 months after the program was completed.  We'd be happy to share this information with anyone who is interested, and we can be contacted at 877.349.1150.  

 

 

On 14 April 2011 10:38, Pleasants, Robert <> wrote:

Has anyone done post-tests with these modules 2-6 months out from the time the students take the module?  Their data appears to show a change, but the data doesn't tell us much unless they can show long(er)-term change in attitudes/beliefs/knowledge, and especially if they can help us see that this translates into changed behaviors.

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Robert Pleasants, Ph.D.
Interpersonal Violence Prevention Coordinator
Counseling and Wellness Services
Campus Health Services
(919) 843-7173
CB# 7470 James A. Taylor Bldg.
UNC-Chapel Hill
Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7470

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-----Original Message-----
From: Roberta L Staples [mailto:]
Sent: Wednesday, April 13, 2011 2:16 PM
To: Adriane Bang
Cc: Monica Collins; ; Shari Pergricht
Subject: Re: online modules

Steve Perlman's program used to be nformd, but now is:

http://public.studentsuccess.org/web/





Roberta Staples
Director of Professional and Student Development Marist College Student Center 369
3399 North Road
Poughkeepsie, New York 12601

(845)575-3000x2286

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Barbara Wells
Campus Programs Director
Student Success
A Division of NFORMD.NET
877.349.1150
http://www.studentsuccess.org

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Barbara Wells
Campus Programs Director
Student Success
A Division of NFORMD.NET
877.349.1150
http://www.studentsuccess.org