Objective: By the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, 100 percent
of Ohio’s campuses will have developed and implemented an annual
campus climate survey and defined next steps based on results.
• Implement annual campus climate survey to:
• Gain further insight into student’s perceptions of campus safety
• Collect common data points
• Measure long-term progress
• Survey options:
• The Ohio Department of Higher Education will disseminate a
common climate survey with baseline questions and provide
technical support as needed.
• Campus will continue to use their existing survey with addition of
common data points.
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Survey results: 70 percent of respondents believe use of data to guide
action is useful, yet only 27 percent of campuses responding to survey
currently are implementing a data-driven strategy.
“There is great value in having a common tool
that can be linked to statewide training and
education programs.”
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Disseminate the campus climate survey, with questions based on
previous survey results.
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Allocate funds to analyze data from survey and use the data to guide
future initiatives to change campus culture.
Objective: By the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, staff, faculty,
students and law enforcement will receive training relevant to the most
urgent issues identified in the campus climate survey, readiness assessment
tool, or other forms of feedback (i.e. focus groups).
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A commitment to implement comprehensive training programs that best fit the needs
of the campus that are identified by the campus climate survey (Recommendation 1)
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Comprehensive training programs include:
• Bystander training: Empowering the campus community to intervene if they
think they are witnessing sexual violence.
• Self-protection: A study shows that college women receiving 12 hours of training
were 46 percent less likely to be raped.
• Trauma-informed training: For campus responders, investigators and police –
builds trust and makes it easier to document the criminal act that occurred.
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Survey results: 33 percent of responding campuses are already implementing
this recommendation.
“I think it is important to be able to select programs
or adapt programs to serve a particular campus
culture.”
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The campus’s Title IX Coordinators and institutional policy makers will provide
direction towards selecting the most appropriate comprehensive training
programs.
ODHE will coordinate bulk purchasing for campuses looking to purchase the
same additional training.
ODHE will contract with a consultant through an RFP to provide evidencebased training programs regionally.
Objective: By the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, every Ohio campus
and university will have in place a cohesive communication and/or
awareness program aimed at reducing sexual violence on campus.
• ODHE urges campuses to have in place a cohesive communication
and/or awareness campaign by the beginning of next academic year
that aims to shift thinking about sexual violence by inspiring everyone
to see campus safety as their responsibility.
 Examples: It’s On Us or Consent is Sexy
• Survey results: Nearly half of all campuses that responded to the
survey have an awareness plan in place, and 41 percent intend to
implement this academic year.
“One size does not fit all. It is helpful to have
evidence-based models and resources at low
or no cost to the campuses.”
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ODHE is implementing a resource portal through its ohiohighered.org
website
– National campaigns such as It’s On Us
– Highlight campaigns utilized by Ohio campuses such as Take Back the Night
– Provide examples of student programming
Objective: Every institution has a comprehensive sexual violence response
protocol(similar to the “comprehensive sexual misconduct protocol” in the
resources below) in place by the start of the 2016-2017 academic year.
• Campus should develop a comprehensive response protocol
that works with their survivor-centered strategies and preserves
the rights of the accused.
• A key objective of the comprehensive response protocol is to
reduce barriers to reporting sexual violence.
• Survey results: 35 percent of campuses have not completed to date.
“It would be extremely difficult to craft a protocol to fit
the needs and structure of every institution statewide
… a statewide contract with a consultant to help
campuses craft policies individually would be a huge
benefit.”
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A Safer Campus Guidebook located on ODHE’s website provides more
guidance on response protocols.
Cultivate and share best practice documents on the resource portal such
as templates from Notalone.gov.
ODHE will contract with a consultant via RFP to support Ohio campuses
without a comprehensive response protocol.
Objective: By the start of the 2016-2017 academic year, every campus will
adopt one or more survivor-centered strategies and integrate those
strategies into the comprehensive response protocol (see Recommendation
#4).
• Campuses should identify responsible employees and confidential
resources, both on and off campus, to provide a response that ensures
survivors feel the ability to come forward and receive appropriate report
services.
• Support services include:
• Confidential Advisor
• Victim Advocate
• Sexual Assault Response Guarantee
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Survey results: 58 percent of campuses responding to the survey have NOT
implemented a survivor-centered response; 33 percent said they would need
longer than one year to do so.
“At this time we are finding it difficult
to find resources in our counties to act
as a victim advocate.”
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ODHE will make confidential advisor training available and establish an RFP for a
consultant to work with individual campuses.
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Through its resource portal, ODHE will provide examples and templates of
memorandums of understanding that the college campuses can use to partner
with their communities to provide survivor-centered services.
• Disseminate a common campus climate
survey
• Data analysis support of the campus
climate surveys
• Coordinate bulk training programs
• Online resource portal
• Campus Sexual Violence Prevention
Summit
• Individual grants