It's quite possible I'm taking this school comparison thing a bit too far. But anyway, one of the things I'm looking at are the Clery Act statistics -- mandatory crime statistics published by each college.
After watching the CNN special on campus assaults - I am worried about how truthful schools are in reporting sexual assaults and crimes.
Then I read this article that said that "Ninety-one percent of college campuses disclosed zero reported incidences of rape in 2014. With about 11,000 campuses disclosing annual crime data, an overwhelming majority of schools certified that in 2014 they did not receive a single report of a rape." http://www.aauw.org/article/clery-act-data-analysis/
I was surprised to read so many schools don't report any crimes? How is it possible that New York University and Boston University report no crimes in their residence halls? Is that believable?
Do you think one can draw any realistic conclusions from these figures? I don't believe I can protect my student completely but I also don't want to be foolish.
Other thoughts?
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