nice selective reading.
@stones3 - Nobody is ‘spinning’ anything. The article says what it says and the statistics speak for themselves, including fallacies in the research. What each critic of this posting is wondering, is what conclusion you, the poster, are drawing from such statistics. You obviously posted this intending to convey something to this board. If anyone has misinterpreted your intention, by all means clarify. You thought this was important to share. Why? Every person on this site is aware of the awful statistics and issues associated with sexual assault on college campuses. No one is looking to “bury” this issue. If the inferences that posters are drawing from your post and/or from this article are in error, please engage in a substantive manner. I would note, however, that the last sentence in your post would seem to indicate some not so latent hostility toward elite (perhaps Ivies in particular) colleges. I can infer many reasons for this, both generally and from your prior posts and obvious bias toward schools not commonly included among such elite schools. Rather than risk an ill-informed inference, perhaps you can enlighten us as to this apparent hostility as well.
To the extent the statistics (#73) are meaningful, they should be adjusted for enrollment size (as the Post article did):
Reed
Wesleyan
Swarthmore
Knox
Williams
Pomona
Bowdoin
Gallaudet
Beloit
Dartmouth
By absolute annual occurrence, these schools straddle a 1% rate.
There are a lot of very small schools here. Wonder why this is the case…
I think one of the reasons that there are so many small schools on that list is again that they are liberal arts schools, many with generally a more liberal/activist student body. These students are going to be more aware of what constitutes consent and sexual assault, and thus more likely to file or take a stand on these matters. Again, this goes to what was said above about how this methodology punishes schools that care about addressing sexual assault and other crime on campus. It’s hard to accurately compare colleges’ data because so many sexual assault cases aren’t filed or addressed.
You make a very interesting point, @sailout. In fact, I am a Swarthmore alum. There were barely 1200 undergrad when I was a student. Even then, decades ago, there was a dedicated student-professor judicial panel to investigate and review charges of sexual assault.
:-t I sincerely apologize if I contributed to it, but this is seriously spinning way off topic…
There is a pretty good restaurant on Maine Street in Poughkeepsie called The Artist’s Palate that your artist might like.
I don’t know who it was who sneered at you but part of the core requirements at USF include philosophy/theology/religion courses (a broad group of classes as it is at most Catholic colleges and students can make the requirement as religious or secular as they like) and also a service requirement.
I do not believe that the official position of USF is to sneer at faith-based activities.
I don’t have time to go back and see where this thread jumped off course so badly, but from this point forward, anything that is not DIRECTLY related to the OP’s first post will be deleted and the person possibly warned. This is ridiculous. If I have time later, I may go back and delete every off topic post that somehow got on here. Think before you post, people. Go back to the first post and make sure what you are posting applies.
twoinandone, it was the person in charge of admissions who sneered at the parent who posed the question - I was caught in the crossfire as I asked a followup question. I did notice that other members of the staff did not appear comfortable with his response - in fact, one of the administrative assistants (adult) looked quite squirmy. Perhaps he misspoke - perhaps he was angry and burned out - perhaps he was tired of the question - the tone, nonverbal language, and words were just strikingly inappropriate as an administrative designee and made a lasting impression. . I have friends who are very happy there.
It is very interesting to read through this thread and see the creative and thoughtful responses. I personally hope that wherever DD goes, she participates in equally interesting discussions about spirituality, conservatism, diversity, and learns as much as possible. And no, at this point she does not want to go to an exclusively Christian college like Westmont, Biola or Pepperdine. There are legitimate reasons that people attend, but it is her choice and that is not her choice at this time. I would expect that sneering occurs everywhere, and that is just part of being part of the world. We just want to make sure that she has the opportunity to pursue her faith, and enough people who share her viewpoint that there is a quorum for activities such as IVCF. Great idea to look to see what campuses have a chapter!!
THank you to ALL who helped us plan our trip to visist East Coast Colleges! THanks to your suggestions and a reliable rental car, we are 2/3 done! BRown is the current favorite for its open curriculum, proximity to RISD, creative vibe, and campus beauty. biggest surprise was her second choice…Marist College. We really toured Marist to measure size, Jesuit culture, and a school with generous merit aid. What a surprise to find it in second place of favorites…above Williams and Vassar. Based on the current rankings, we have elected
To visit Brandeis and Tufts before we head home. ONe suggestion: although all of our hotels have been excellent, we especially enjoyed the Black Swan Inn, which is on a lake and is halfway betweeen Williams and Vassar.
When you visit Tufts, make sure to check out Davis Square (the top hangout for Tufts Students), including the Museum of Bad Art in the basement of the Somerville Theatre 