ABSTRACT

Despite recent attention to campus sexual assault (CSA), we know little about how institutions of higher education (IHE) have approached policy reform. Using anonymous web-based survey responses of 190 staff, faculty, and administrators from IHEs, we examined priorities that guided CSA policy implementation, as well as characteristics that explain attitudes toward CSA policy reforms. Respondents were significantly more likely to think policies had improved than to think that CSA is exaggerated or feel frustrated by the process of implementing CSA reforms. Respondents were also more likely to name due process and fairness as a high priority on their campus than creating a victim-centered response or managing the campus’ public image, suggesting that IHEs have carefully considered due process protections as they have implemented policies.

摘要

尽管最近关注校园性侵犯（CSA），但我们对高等教育机构（IHE）如何进行政策改革知之甚少。通过对来自IHE的190名员工，教职员工和管理人员的基于网络的匿名调查，我们研究了指导CSA政策实施的优先事项，以及解释对CSA政策改革态度的特征。与认为CSA夸大或对实施CSA改革的过程感到沮丧相比，受访者更有可能认为政策有所改善。与创建以受害者为中心的回应或管理校园的公众形象相比，受访者还更可能将正当程序和公平作为其校园的重中之重，这表明，IHE在实施政策时已仔细考虑了正当程序保护。