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Content Warning: The newsletter contains mentions of sexual assault.
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In May of 2023, The Daily Princetonian reported on the final meeting of the Council of the Princeton University Community (CPUC) for the 2022–23 academic year. Amongst other matters, Vice President for Campus Life Rochelle Calhoun discussed the preliminary results of the 2022 WeSpeak survey on sexual misconduct which “is part of Princeton University’s ongoing efforts to provide a campus environment that is safe and supportive to all students and in compliance with Title IX.”
In a Data piece, the ‘Prince’ takes a deep dive into the WeSpeak survey results and numbers which were released yesterday. The writer, Mary Ma, particularly notes the low response rate and how the University had to conduct an additional survey to ask non-respondents why they chose to not respond.
Ma also compares this with the overall underreporting of sexual violence cases on college campuses. 17 percent, or 447 out of the 2681 respondents who completed at least one question on the We Speak survey, reported that they experienced inappropriate sexual behavior. In the 2021–2022 academic year, in contrast, only three cases went through the formal sexual misconduct adjudication process.
The Title IX process changes significantly in the period measured by the WeSpeak survey. In the spring, the ‘Prince’ took a deep dive into the Trump administration-era Title IX rules and how they changed the process, with more students pursuing the voluntary alternative resolution process. The survey once again bears out the shift in method of resolution.
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Analysis by Aly Rashid
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