https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/08/14/study-finds-college-websites-often-include-only-necessary-information-about-sexual
About 88 percent of the institutions included information related to sexual assault on their university websites. In more than 60 percent of the colleges, the information was found on pages devoted to campus safety and security. Slightly more than 45 percent of colleges included the information in university policy documents or in Clery reports, the annual summaries of campus crime data that the federal government requires colleges to release, while fewer than a quarter posted the information on student affairs or counseling center pages.
Twelve percent of colleges did not include information about sexual assault anywhere on their websites, according to the study.
Many of those that did include sexual assault-related information had it scattered across various webpages, the authors wrote, often making it difficult or laborious to locate, even for dedicated coders who approached the sites with the specific intention of being thorough. Navigating through various pages for information would likely be more difficult for students who were experiencing emotional distress after an assault.
“It is likely that many college students, especially those in crisis due to their own sexual assault or that of a friend, would not search through policy-heavy text to find information regarding sexual assault and sexual assault resources,” the authors wrote. “Additionally, this information is unlikely to be viewed by university students who are seeking out sexual assault information preemptively but who do not wish to read the entire university policy on sexual assault.”
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