2021 Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Annual Report

In 2020, the Commonwealth of Massachusetts enacted “An Act Relative to Sexual Violence on Higher Education Campuses”. This statute has become known as the “2021 Campus Sexual Assault Law” (M.G.L. Ch. 6, 168D-168E) which requires institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to submit the "Campus Safety and Violence Prevention Survey” on an annual basis.

The data that follows was submitted in December 2021 to the State of Massachusetts Department of Higher Education for the previous calendar year, as required under the statute M.G.L. c. 6, § 168E(q), enacted by St. 2020, c. 337, § 1. For questions regarding data preparation, including terms and definitions, please refer to the 2021 CSVP Annual Report FAQs.

2021 CSVP Report Data

(Jan. 1 - Dec. 31, 2020)¹

I. Total number of reports of sexual misconduct reported to the TIX Coordinator by a student or employee of the institution against another student or employee of the institution = 21

  8 -- Number of reports by students against students
  7 -- Number of reports by students against employees 
  3 -- Number of reports by employees against students 
  3 -- Number of reports  by employees against employees 
  0 -- Number of anonymous reports against students 
  0 -- Number of of anonymous reports against employees

II. Number of students and employees found responsible for violating the institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct = 7

  5 -- Number of students found responsible
  2 -- Number of employees found responsible   

III. Number of students and employees found not responsible for violating the institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct = 14

  6 -- Number of students found responsible
  8 -- Number of employees found responsible   

IV. Number of students and employees found responsible for violating the institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct, against which the institution imposed disciplinary actions as a result of a finding of responsibility for violating the institution's policies prohibiting sexual misconduct = 7

 5 -- Number of students found responsible against which disciplinary actions were imposed by the institution the as a result of a finding of responsibility 
 2 -- Number of employees found not responsible against which disciplinary actions were imposed by the institution the as a result of a finding of responsibility  

_{1) The total number of reports this year is unusually low due to campus closures during the 2020 Covid pandemic.}