Measuring campus sexual misconduct and its context: The Administrator-Researcher Campus Climate Consortium (ARC3) survey.

Abstract

The survey performed sufficiently well in pilot testing to recommend its use with U.S. college populations. (PsycINFO Database Record

Sexual consent attitudes and rape‐supportive norms among gender and sexual minority students

“…The survey was distributed online to a stratified sample of 12,556 students and had a 19% overall response rate. The survey measures included select scales from the Administrator Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative (ARC 3; see Swartout et al., 2019) climate assessment.…”

“…As previously mentioned, the measures in this research were originally developed as part of the ARC 3 campus climate assessment (see Swartout et al., 2019). This is a set of measures developed by a collective of researchers and content experts to assess a university's climate regarding sexual and gender‐based violence.…”

Don’t let COVID-19 disrupt campus climate surveys of sexual harassment

“…Surveys should follow the best practices reviewed in chapter 2 of the National Academies report ( 2 ). Doing so includes the use of scientifically informed tools to assess sexual harassment and its sequelae, such as those found in the Administrator Researcher Campus Climate Collaborative (ARC3) Survey [a free survey that includes the best-validated instruments available for assessing sexual harassment and violence ( 15 – 17 )]. Several adjustments are in order, though, to ensure reasonable response rates and high-quality data.…”

Responding to Campus Climate Data: Developing an Action Plan to Reduce Campus Sexual Misconduct

“…This four-step framework was developed using the process and guiding principles discussed by Swartout et al (2019): (a) inclusiveness, mutual respect, and collaboration; (b) transparent and iterative survey development processes; (c) research integrity and independence; (d) use of evidence-based practices in survey development; (e) focus on victimization and perpetration; (f) a civil rights approach grounded in Title IX; (g) adherence to The Belmont Report principles; and (h) sensitivity to issues faced by diverse populations and different higher education institutional types. The framework was further refined through lessons learned during the large-scale climate survey implementation across the University of Texas System, detailed by Busch-Armendariz et al (2017).…”

“…Campus climate surveys are a method to understand the landscape of a campus and its surrounding community environment, typically from the student perspective (Campbell et al, 2009; McMahon et al, 2019). Specifically, they establish and track campus-level benchmarks of sexual misconduct incidence and related student norms, attitudes, and knowledge that allow campuses to tailor their approaches to preventing and responding to sexual misconduct (Swartout et al, 2019). Some U.S. colleges and universities had already conducted climate assessments before release of that Task Force’s report (White House Task Force to Protect Students from Sexual Assault, 2014); hundreds of others rushed to do so soon after in response (Hanson, 2016).…”