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From: Hollaback! <>
Date: Thu, Nov 7, 2013 at 8:02 AM
Subject: Campus Harassment Research: Released!
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Hollaback! recently partnered with a pro-bono consultancy firm to take our understanding of public harassment beyond the street and on to the college campus. We collected data from 282 undergraduate, graduate and part-time college students and 44 college administrators on campuses from the urban, suburban and rural U.S. to find out how harassment exists in spaces of higher education.

We took the data collected and formed three conclusions (backed with helpful statistics) about on-campus harssment.  Here are the conlucions Hollaback! drew from our College Harassment Survey:

                 1. Students are being harassed on campus

67% personally experienced harassment on campus
61% witnessed another student being harassed on college campus
Only 18% had not experienced or witnessed harassment on campus

                  2. Harassment is limiting ability to benefit from education

46% said harassment caused disappointment with college experience
20% said harassment caused inability to concentrate in class
23% said harassment prevented attendance in class/social activities

                  3. Current campus systems and processes are insufficient

55% of college administrators said that current systems are not sufficient
Only 17% of students said that they reported harassment to person of authority

Here are some things you can do to stand up to street harassment on college campuses:

• Get in touch with your local Hollaback! site 
• Read through and distribute Hollaback's Bystander Guide 
• Bring Hollaback! speakers to your campus
• Start a Hollaback! site on your campus. For inspiration, check out our current campus HB! sites,  Hollaback!NYU  and  Hollaback! Rutgers University

Have any great ideas for taking on street harassment on college campuses? Send us an email at and let’s talk!

With your support Hollaback! can continue to do the research and work necessary to change public attitudes around street harassment and make sure that everyone has equal access to public space. 

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- The Hollaback Team