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Why the New ‘One in Four’ Campus Rape Statistic Is Misleading

Alarming Figures

‘One in four’ female undergrads in a new survey of 150,000 students at 27 colleges reported being a victim of sexual assault or misconduct. But read the fine print before you panic.

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A new campus sexual assault survey (PDF) from the Association of American Universities finds that 23 percent of female undergraduates say they have been victims of sexual assault or misconduct.

But the new “one

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