Collaborative Research: HNDS-I: Repository and Benchmarking Dashboard for Campus Climate Data on Sexual Misconduct

校园氛围调查向大学生询问他们在校园的经历。气候调查还衡量学生对一所大学的看法以及对其政策和做法的了解。许多校园都使用同样的调查来评估与性行为不端有关的校园氛围。尽管这些调查有可能提高对性行为不端问题的理解，包括全国性行为不端率以及性行为不端与学生经历之间的关系，但没有校园气候调查数据的公共数据库。该项目创建了这样一个数据库，为美国高校提供了共享、编译和分析气候调查数据的机会。通过访问这些数据，研究人员和校园工作人员可以更好地评估他们的政策、项目和程序对学生健康和安全的影响，从而推进社会科学、高等教育、STEM和医学教育的工作。这个人类网络和数据科学基础设施项目为校园气候数据创建了一个数据存储库和公共基准仪表板。这个基础设施可以很容易地存储和分析来自美国高校的校园性行为不端的气候数据。来自超过125所美国高等教育机构的数据与这些机构的规模和位置等信息相关联。该项目的一个重要组成部分是为仪表板准备数据，以维护每个机构及其学生的隐私。这个自我维持的网络仪表板是根据校园工作人员、研究人员和学生的意见开发的，可供不同的国家社区的研究人员、校园工作人员和其他对推进数据密集型研究和校园评估感兴趣的公民访问。该奖项反映了美国国家科学基金会的法定使命，并通过使用基金会的知识价值和更广泛的影响审查标准进行评估，被认为值得支持。

Campus climate surveys ask college students about their experiences on campus. Climate surveys also measure students’ perceptions of a college and knowledge of its policies and practices. Many campuses have used the same surveys to assess campus climate related to sexual misconduct. Despite the potential for these surveys to improve understanding of the issues surrounding sexual misconduct, including national rates and the relationship between sexual misconduct and student experience, there is no public database of campus climate survey data. This project creates such a database, giving the opportunity for US colleges and universities to share, compile, and analyze climate survey data. Access to these data permit researchers and campus staff to better assess the impact of their policies, programs, and procedures on student wellness and security, advancing work in the social sciences, higher education, and STEM and medical education. This Human Networks and Data Science Infrastructure project creates a data repository and public benchmarking dashboard for campus climate data. This infrastructure makes it easy to store and analyze campus sexual misconduct climate data from US colleges and universities. Data from over 125 US institutions of higher education are linked in the repository to information about the institutions such as size and location. An important component of the project is preparing the data for the dashboard in ways that maintain the privacy of each institution and its students. The self-sustaining web dashboard, developed with input from campus staff, researchers, and students, is accessible to a diverse national community of researchers, campus staff, and other citizens who are interested in advancing data-intensive research and campus evaluation.This award reflects NSF's statutory mission and has been deemed worthy of support through evaluation using the Foundation's intellectual merit and broader impacts review criteria.