Progress

FIRST MEASURED IMPACT OUTCOME

In January 2015, the WMU Title IX Core Team disseminated an interim sexual misconduct policy to all students, faculty, and staff, thus implementing the first strategy on the Healthy Campus 2020 Student Violence Prevention Action Plan. Result in outcome measure was positive- target set for 2020 was surpassed.

HC2020 Priority Goal 3: Prevent violence among WMU students.

Objective 3A: Improve communication about sexual violence and related resources.

Outcome 3A1: Increase the proportion of students who indicate receiving information on violence prevention from their institution. Baseline data 2011: 33%. Target set for 2020: 37%

Strategy 3A1-a: Disseminate WMU sexual misconduct policy to all students and employees. Completed January 2015.

Current data March/April 2015: 41.5%. Measured change: 24% improvement

This suggests that the ongoing strategies combined with new strategies, such as the interim policy launched, correlated to a positive impact to objective set to improve communication about sexual violence and related resources at WMU.