STUDENT AFFAIRS 15 ANNUAL REPORT Sexual Misconduct: Under the leadership of the Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities and Title IX Coordinator Krista Bau, Northern administered the Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative (ARC3) Campus Climate Survey on sexual misconduct from Jan. 31 through Feb. 14. The ARC3 campus climate survey is an evidence-based comprehensive and IRB approved sexual misconduct survey. The survey contains 19 modules that assess a range of Title IX violations. Stemming from Key Result 144 of the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2020-2021) and the Student Affairs Assessment Report, this survey aims to create and implement a comprehensive and mandatory sexual misconduct education program for all new students (under 60 credit hours). Degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students were invited to take part in this voluntary survey and participants were eligible for $10 in Thunder Bucks. The ARC3 will allow campus to assess students’ experiences and attitudes related to sexual misconduct to help inform policies, programs, and practices that Assessment efforts expanded in spring of 2022 As called for in the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025) and 2021-22 Assessment Plan, significant efforts were made during the spring 2022 semester to gather more information from students and employees on three important topics: Sexual Misconduct, Campus Climate, and Residence Hall Student Satisfaction. “The topic of sexual misconduct sometimes invokes concern and anxiety. This climate survey is an important next step to collect data from students about their attitudes, perceptions, and experiences related to sexual misconduct. We will discover positive and concerning data on this critical topic. It’s important that Northern be data-driven and transparent in our efforts to combat discrimination and harassment on campus.” Krista Bau, Title IX Coordinator Campus Climate Survey: The Skyfactor Benchworks 2021-22 Student Campus Climate, Safety and Sexual Assault Assessment was first administered at Northern in spring 2020 as part of a South Dakota Board of Regents initiative commonly referred to as “intellectual diversity.” The President’s Campus Climate Taskforce re-administered the survey in 2022 to allow Northern to gather updated data and to track changes over the past two years. All benefits eligible employees and degree-seeking undergraduate and graduate students received an invitation in their e-mail to participate in this enhance the campus culture during the spring 2022 semester. This was a major effort that will help make campus safer. Data and recommendations developed from the ARC3 survey will be shared with campus in the fall 2022 semester and posted publicly. voluntary survey from Feb. 28 until March 16, 2022. All responses were anonymous and cannot be identified. The survey took approximately ten minutes to complete. Extensive campus communications helped improve the response rates for both students and benefits eligible employees in the 2022 administration. All campus e-mail communications were distributed before and multiple times throughout the survey administration period. Special communications
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