A group of major U.S. colleges and universities rolled out a survey to gauge how they are responding to students’ complaints of sexual assault.
According to the Huffington Post, the release of the Association of American Universities’ (AAU) survey came amid heavy criticism from at least one researcher who suggested it was rushed out. Among the 28 schools that distributed the survey were Yale, Dartmouth, Southern California and Michigan State.
“Given what [AAU President] Hunter Rawlings said in terms of using this opportunity to get ahead of federal mandates, it doesn’t seem that the survey is being conducted for the purpose of understanding, but in terms of checking the box off in terms of compliance,” Sarah Cook, a researcher and associate dean of the honors college at Georgia State University.