Hi everyone,
At UW-Madison, we opted to publicly host the results of our 2015 campus climate survey on a
university website (we participated in the AAU survey). Our Dean of Students also publishes a “Sexual Assault Summary Report” that discloses the number of incidents reported, including which of those were
reported to confidential resources and the number of investigative findings (probations, suspensions, expulsions).
We find that this helps with transparency, but also helps the public to more easily make the connection that the majority of students disclose to confidential
resources and therefore are not engaging in a disciplinary process that we could expect to result in a suspension or expulsion.
Hope that helps,
Sam
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Sam Johnson, MSW
Violence Prevention Manager
University Health Services
UW-Madison
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On Behalf Of Suzanne B. Goldberg
Sent: Wednesday, December 06, 2017 11:41 AM
To: Holly Rider-Milkovich <>
Cc: Maya Vizvary <>; Amanda Luckett <>;
Subject: Re: Campus Climate Data & Case Numbers
Dear all,
I'll just add that we now release an annual Gender-Based Misconduct Prevention and Response report, attached here, that does not review survey data but might be of interest because it includes data on incidents and response but also reviews
our prevention-oriented efforts. We have shared our AAU survey data and many other Columbia reports
here.
Herbert and Doris Wechsler Clinical Professor of Law
On Wed, Dec 6, 2017 at 11:43 AM, Holly Rider-Milkovich <> wrote:
Hello colleagues:
There are a number of institutions that have released their climate survey results publicly. My former institution,
University of Michigan released their results, following the lead of
MIT as two examples. More recently, the
University of Texas System published their results May of this year. I know that there are many others as well.
In the case of U-M, the institutional experience of releasing the data was positive--we did not experience issues with persons taking the data out of context or willfully misusing it. Part of the institutional preparation for releasing
the data included a press conference, multiple interviews with media outlets, and a lot of community education about the data findings--what they did and did not say about the community. These preparations helped ensure that the institution was actively driving
the messaging about the findings, which significantly helps with misinformation issues, whether unintended or not.
U-M also releases (since 2015) an aggregate yearly report on matters that are reviewed and investigated by their Office for Institutional Equity as a part of their commitment to transparency. Tulane University also issues a similar report
each year and has built the release of the report into an annual event that engages the campus community on sexual assault prevention efforts.
I hope that these examples might be helpful to you in building a successful case for increasing transparency and visible accountability through sharing this data with your community.
On Tue, Dec 5, 2017 at 4:59 PM, Maya Vizvary <> wrote:
Hi Amanda,
I’d be curious what other universities say.
I know at American University we don’t share either. Our assessment/data folks are too nervous that someone will take a data point out of context and spread misinformation or apply
it to the whole campus population (as opposed to just to the respondents of the survey). And we don’t share advocacy case numbers outside of Office of Campus Life for confidentiality reasons. I know students have asked for both.
Thanks for bringing this up!
Kindly,
Maya
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Sent: Monday, December 4, 2017 6:19 PM
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Subject: Campus Climate Data & Case Numbers
My name is Amanda Luckett, the Prevention and Education Coordinator at the University of San Diego. We have been in conversation here at USD about
the possibility of posting the results of our campus climate survey online, and potentially the number of cases our
CARE Advocates have received over the past three years. The goal of this is to increase transparency about what is happening at the university and raise awareness of how CARE Advocates are utilized.
I looked online to see what other folks did with their data and found many executive reports from survey data. At your university, did you decide to
do something different to share the information? Additionally, has anyone explored the idea of posting case numbers?
Your insight will help to shape further conversation here at USD, and would be greatly appreciated.
Thank you for all that you do!
Amanda Luckett
University of San Diego | Women's Center | SLP 420
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