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["Staten, Abdul" <>]

Hi everyone,

 

A couple of people asked me for this information, so I wanted to share it, widely. Here is the information I was able to glean as to whether schools mandate bystander training, and if so, how. This information is from 6 schools.

 

I hope you find it useful!

 

Abdul

 

1)   Does your institution mandate/require students to attend bystander trainings?

a.      Yes

b.     Yes

c.      Yes (overview)/No (bystander training)

d.     Yes

e.      Yes

f.       Yes

2)   If so, which students/populations are mandated to attend? (e.g. is it specific student groups – Greeks, is it by class/year, etc.)

a.      Incoming Freshmen – training is online

b.     Incoming graduates and second year graduate students – training is online

c.      Faculty and staff – online sexual harassment training

d.     Incoming undergraduate students (first year and transfer)

e.      First-year students; also mandated if part of a team, organization, etc.

f.       Welcome Week Leaders

g.      Incoming undergraduate students – online; 90-min Bringing in the Bystander training during orientation

h.     All students – online educational program on sexual violence, with a section on bystander intervention

3)   What are the measures you utilize to ensure attendance? (e.g. holds on accounts, preventing students from registering)

a.      Registration hold (frosh and graduate students)

b.     Unable to precept a course (2^nd year graduate students)

c.      Merit increases withheld (faculty/staff)

d.     Registration hold

e.      Hold follow-up option

f.       Contingency of employment (for Welcome Week Leaders)

g.      Registration hold

4)   If your institution does not mandate/require students to attend bystander trainings, do you offer any incentives to motivate students?

a.      Meals

b.     Certificates

c.      T-shirts

d.     Pens

 

 

Abdul Staten, MA

Training & Program Coordinator,

Women & Gender Resource Action Center (WGRAC)

Trinity College

300 Summit Street

2nd floor, Mather Hall

Hartford, CT  06106

Office: 860.297.4131

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