Climate Surveys: Useful Tools to Help Colleges and Universities in Their Efforts to Reduce and Prevent Sexual Assault
Publication Date: 2014
Abstract: Sexual assault is a significant challenge for colleges and universities nationwide, affecting the health, mental health, and academic success of students. Many schools are working to address sexual assault, but lack assessment tools to understand the scope or nature of the problem. Schools are looking to climate surveys to fill this gap in knowledge, and conducting regular climate surveys is a best practice response to campus sexual assault. This document, provided to schools through the Not Alone report, is divided into two chapters. The first chapter provides an overview of how to plan and conduct a climate survey. The second chapter describes and provides an example of an empirically informed survey based on best practices from the field. Campuses are encouraged to use both of these chapters to guide their work.