Advisor Information
Dr. Tara Richards
Location
MBSC 201
Presentation Type
Poster
Start Date
6-3-2020 9:00 AM
End Date
6-3-2020 10:15 AM
Abstract
Although Title IX prohibits sex-based discriminationincluding sexual harassment in institutions of higher education (IHEs), in the era of #MeTooconsensual faculty-student relationships have elicitedsignificantattention.While some limited research has examined the content of existing consensual sexual relationship policies (CSRPs) modern works have not yet examined the prevalence of CSRPs at a national level. The current study examined a nationally representative sample (n=451) of IHEs to determine the prevalence of CSRPS. The study also aimed to determine if the prevalence of CSRPs varied across IHE subtype. Utilizing the qualitative coding system, Atlas.ti(8), each IHE was coded for IHE subtype, policy presence, and policy type. Manifest and latent content were utilized to determine policy type.According to Berg (2004), “manifest content refers to those elements that are physically present and countable while latent content refers to an interpretive reading of the symbolism underlying the physically presented data”. Latent content was especially important in identifying advisory policies as they rarely use explicit language and instead use wordslike “caution”.Results indicate that while not ubiquitous, CSRPs are widespread enough to warrant the recent increase in scholarly interest.
An Examination of Faculty-Student Consensual Sexual Relationship Policy Prevalence in a Nationally Representative Sample (Working Title)
MBSC 201
Although Title IX prohibits sex-based discriminationincluding sexual harassment in institutions of higher education (IHEs), in the era of #MeTooconsensual faculty-student relationships have elicitedsignificantattention.While some limited research has examined the content of existing consensual sexual relationship policies (CSRPs) modern works have not yet examined the prevalence of CSRPs at a national level. The current study examined a nationally representative sample (n=451) of IHEs to determine the prevalence of CSRPS. The study also aimed to determine if the prevalence of CSRPs varied across IHE subtype. Utilizing the qualitative coding system, Atlas.ti(8), each IHE was coded for IHE subtype, policy presence, and policy type. Manifest and latent content were utilized to determine policy type.According to Berg (2004), “manifest content refers to those elements that are physically present and countable while latent content refers to an interpretive reading of the symbolism underlying the physically presented data”. Latent content was especially important in identifying advisory policies as they rarely use explicit language and instead use wordslike “caution”.Results indicate that while not ubiquitous, CSRPs are widespread enough to warrant the recent increase in scholarly interest.