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ismnotwasm

(41,919 posts)
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:27 PM Jun 2014

Should College Rankings Include Rape And Assault Statistics?

The Princeton Review's college rankings can tell you which schools offer good value, where to find the swankiest dorms and whether a campus looks like something out of Reefer Madness. What those rankings don't tell you is whether your college pick has a rape and sexual assault problem.

The feminist group UltraViolet this week called on the Princeton Review to include such statistics in its publications. That information, UltraViolet argues in an online petition, "will motivate colleges across the country to get serious about the epidemic of campus rape."

The Princeton Review says that it will now link to campus security pages on its website, information that it has not previously included.

"Over the 2013-2014 academic year as news reports of crime — including very disturbing reports of sexual assaults — on college campuses increased, we look to ways we could responsibly collect and report information that would be helpful to the students, parents and advisers we serve," Rob Franek, Princeton Review's senior vice president and publisher, said in a statement.


http://www.npr.org/blogs/ed/2014/05/23/315128717/should-college-rankings-include-rape-and-assault-numbers
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Should College Rankings Include Rape And Assault Statistics? (Original Post) ismnotwasm Jun 2014 OP
Yep JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #1
Good for them ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #3
My dad watched the movie Taken a few years ago JustAnotherGen Jun 2014 #6
Figures it was UltraViolet redqueen Jun 2014 #2
Yes and violent crimes, rape included, should be TexasProgresive Jun 2014 #4
Excellent post ismnotwasm Jun 2014 #5
Amen to that! theHandpuppet Jun 2014 #7

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
1. Yep
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:37 PM
Jun 2014

It wasn't "statistics"per se in 1991- but my parents wouldn't let me go to Syracuse. They had heard too much.

JustAnotherGen

(31,681 posts)
6. My dad watched the movie Taken a few years ago
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 02:29 PM
Jun 2014

He promptly called is 35 years old daughter to tell her he would do the exact same thing.

My point - its a shame that the same concern exists today - that did in 1991. That he felt compelled to call me on a Saturday night while he was leaving the theater with my mom . . .

I don't think he knew the phrase "rape culture" but he knew its meaning. He got it.

redqueen

(115,096 posts)
2. Figures it was UltraViolet
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:39 PM
Jun 2014


I think a social campaign like Everyday Sexism would be more helpful. Somehow I don't quite trust colleges and universities to compile and publish information accurately if it reflects negatively on them. I trust women to report their experiences though.

TexasProgresive

(12,148 posts)
4. Yes and violent crimes, rape included, should be
Sat Jun 14, 2014, 01:50 PM
Jun 2014

investigated by city and or county police not by campus clowns, uh, cops. The administration should have no say in the investigations unless they are somehow directly involved.

What these institutions do in their own interests to keep things in the dark to prevent "scandal" should be considered some sort of criminal mischief punishable by law.

This is no different than what churches and schools (primary and secondary) do in covering up sexual predators.

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