New data detailing sexual misconduct on Oregon’s college and university campuses shows that students and employees reported few incidents to university officials tasked with investigating them. Fewer cases still were ever formally investigated.
Title IX officers at the state’s 24 public colleges and universities fielded just over 600 reports of sexual misconduct in the 2023-24 school year. That’s fewer than one report for every 300 students.
And of the cases reported to public institutions, fewer than 100 made it through a formal investigation. After investigations, 28 students or employees were found to have violated a university policy on sexual misconduct last year while 36 were cleared of wrongdoing.
Read more at Oregon Live.
