Pilot Study Could Shake Up College Rankings
NEW YORK, April 2, 2008 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- When families weigh their choices on which college their children should attend, they tend to focus on cost, academic reputation and campus amenities. The Campus Tolerance Foundation today released analysis based on new research that calls for colleges and universities to provide more information to families about the atmosphere on campus, especially the treatment students can expect to face as members of racial, ethnic, gender or intellectual minorities.
The analysis released today focuses on the subject of how safe young women on college campuses are, one of the major areas of the pilot study "If I'd Only Known: University Students Talk About Tolerance and Safety on Campus, A Pilot Study to Develop Tolerance Ratings." The overall goal of the research project is to eventually develop a comprehensive, broadly-accepted national survey mechanism that fairly assesses the atmosphere on 200 college campuses across the nation. The researchers developed a pilot test that allowed students at three different schools to contribute their own voices anonymously. This pilot study is the first step in the process of developing such system for rating levels of tolerance on individual campuses.
The report, full questionnaire and top line data for each college are at: http://www.publicagenda.org/campustolerance The research was conducted by FDR Group for the Campus Tolerance Foundation, with assistance from Public Agenda. Support for the pilot research was provided by the Carnegie Corporation of New York and the Irvin Stern Foundation. This release focusing on women's safety is the first in a planned three-part series; with releases on tolerance toward minorities and intellectual intimidation to follow in the coming weeks. CAMPUS TOLERANCE FOUNDATION was founded in 2002, to counter anti-Semitism on college campuses. Subsequently, the mission was broadened to fight all intolerance on college campuses. It is a group of Americans of many faiths, who champion diversity of opinion and believe in truth, tolerance and equal opportunity. www.campustolerance.com THE FARKAS DUFFETT RESEARCH GROUP (FDR GROUP) is a full-service, nonpartisan public opinion research company that helps foundations and other nonprofits understand how the general public and other groups feel and think about their initiatives. www.thefdrgroup.com PUBLIC AGENDA is a nonprofit organization dedicated to nonpartisan public policy research and civic engagement. First Call Analyst:
CONTACT: Michael Remaley of Public Agenda, +1-212-686-6610 x 13, Web Site: http://www.campustolerance.com/
2008-04-01 23:08:22 0325632 PRNEWSWIRE
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