{"id":191587,"date":"2024-02-08T11:41:14","date_gmt":"2024-02-08T21:41:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=191587"},"modified":"2025-09-08T16:31:49","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T02:31:49","slug":"students-feel-safe-aware-of-resources","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2024\/02\/08\/students-feel-safe-aware-of-resources\/","title":{"rendered":"Students feel safe, aware of resources, according to survey"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 3<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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The majority of University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> students feel safe from sexual harassment and gender based violence when on campus, according to the 2023 Sex Based Discrimination and Harassment Student Survey<\/a>. The biennial survey of UH<\/abbr>\u2019s 10 campuses also found that dating or domestic violence is still the most common form of harassment\/violence and that awareness of on-campus services and resources has increased dramatically since the first survey seven years ago.<\/p>\n

Of 38,286 adult students attending UH<\/abbr> campuses, 14.1% (5,398 students) completed the 20-minute long survey in early 2023 on campus environment, prevalence of sexual assault and violence, campus response and awareness of resources and reporting options.<\/p>\n

The individual outcomes from each of the 10 campuses are available in the final survey results<\/a>. In the aggregate, more than 63.4% of UH<\/abbr> students feel safe when on campus, up from 57.5% from the first survey in 2017, considered the benchmark survey of the four surveys completed. The 2023 survey found 57% of students were aware of services and resources, a substantial increase from 40% in 2017. Furthermore, 57.8% of students rated the training UH<\/abbr> offered “extremely or very useful” compared to 50.7% in 2017.<\/p>\n

“We have work ahead on our paths to create campus environments free of harassment and violence so our students can fully focus on their education,” said UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner. “We will continue to build on what we have accomplished in the last 10 years including the expansion of services like confidential resources, and greater awareness of those services. I am especially heartened that the 2023 survey shows that our students have greater trust in UH<\/abbr> today compared to our first survey seven years ago.”<\/p>\n

Survey results<\/h2>\n

Reports of sexual harassment and gender based violence are down slightly in 2023 compared to the 2019 and 2017 surveys (the 2021 survey results were impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic as the vast majority of courses were offered online, and most employees were teleworking). Students are asked about their experiences while enrolled, including incidents unrelated to their campus. According to the 2023 survey:<\/p>\n