8 2022 ARC3 SURVEY FINDINGS Executive Summary Northern State University is dedicated to fostering a caring community free from discrimination and harassment and complying with Title IX. Sexual violence, sexual harassment, stalking, and intimate partner violence can interfere with a student’s academic performance and emotional and physical well-being. Preventing and remedying sexual misconduct at Northern is essential to ensuring a safe environment in which students can live and learn in. Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 created prohibitions against description in education, specifically “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance,” Northern State University is committed to complying with the many aspects and requirements under Title IX. During the 2019-2020 academic year, Northern participated in a system-wide administration of the SkyFactor Benchwork’s Student Campus Climate, Safety and Sexual Assault Assessment. The response rate of 4.1 produced interesting but unreliable information. Based on the survey responses of SkyFactor, it was recommended in the Student Affairs Assessment Report (20202021), that a specific instrument to measure campus climate and safety surrounding sexual misconduct should be administered. As part of the update to the Student Affairs Strategic Plan (2021-2025) approved in the spring of 2022, a Key Result was developed: Partnering with Institutional Research, administer the ARC3 Campus Climate Survey to gather more sexual misconduct information to inform efforts to stop, prevent, and remedy sexual harassment. During the spring 2022 semester, Northern administered the first campus climate survey about sexual misconduct. All full-time, part-time undergraduate, and graduate students were invited to participate (N=1153). The Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative (ARC3) was chosen as the instrument for the survey based on the survey validity, comprehensive questions, and topics surrounding Title IX and Violence Against Women Act (VAWA). This free survey was specifically designed for the higher education community to assess experiences and perceptions surrounding sexual misconduct. The ARC3 survey contains 19 modules that evaluate a range of Title IX violations to include sexual harassment, dating violence, stalking, and sexual misconduct victimization and perpetration, prevention efforts, resources, and responses. Outcomes of the survey will provide context to develop programming, advocacy, and resources. The development of the survey was guided by the following principles • Inclusiveness, mutual respect, and collaboration • Engaging in an iterative and transparent drafting process • Ensuring independence and integrity in research • A commitment to use the best scientific evidence as the foundation of the survey • Equal focus on surveying victimization and perpetration • The adoption of a civil rights approach grounded in Title IX • Framing efforts with the principles of The Belmont Report • Justice. • A sensitivity to the unique issues faced by various diverse populations and higher education institutional types 1Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative. (2015). ARC3 Campus Climate Survey regarding Sexual Misconduct: Guiding Principles. Available from http://campusclimate.gsu.edu.
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