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Cornell UniversityTravis Apgar
Associate Dean of Students
Tim Marchell Director of Mental Health Initiatives
Laura SantacroseHealth Initiatives Coordinator
Hazing Prevention Consortium SummitJune 11-12, 2015
University of Maine
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Strategies Pre-2011• Hazing added to Code of Conduct (2001)• Greek system “Sunshine Policy”• Anti-hazing website (2005)• Greek leadership summits/committees• Group-building strategies (Outdoor Education)
• Educational strategies–Greek new members & new student-athletes
• Staff training (RHDs, coaches, health service)
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Strategies 2011-2015 (post tragedy)•President’s NYTimes/USA Today op-eds•RARE Committee
• Recruitment, Acceptance, Retention, Education
• Transformation of new member process
• Joined HPC•Established Council on Hazing Prevention•Employed Social-Ecological framework
–Individual, group, institution, community
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Hazing Prevention Core Strategies
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Media Campaign
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Campus Hazing Assessment Findings
• Documented hazing cases• HPC Site Visit report• PULSE Survey (social norms case study)
– Spring 2013– Spring 2015
• MASCOT Survey – Spring 2013– Spring 2015
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Social Norms Case Study2013 2015
Percent that believe that most students think it is never okay to humiliate or intimidate a new member
41
Actual percent that belief it is never okay to humiliate or intimidate a new member
82
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Social Norms Case Study2013 2015
Percent that believe that most students think it is never okay to humiliate or intimidate a new member
41 45
Actual percent that belief it is never okay to humiliate or intimidate a new member
82 87
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Students who believe it is sometimes okay to humiliate or
intimidate (13%)– 22% of males vs 7% of females– 21% of Greeks vs. 10% of non-Greeks– 22% of athletes vs. 12% of non-athletes
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Political views of students who believe it is never okay to humiliate or intimidate
PercentVery liberal 88Liberal 88Moderate 85Conservative 80Very conservative 75
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All students
Social fraternity or sorority
Varsity athletics
Other student groups*
2013 39 48 47 31
2015 31 35 30 25
Percent of Cornell undergraduates reporting experiences of hazing
*Ex. Performing arts groups, academic clubs, service organizations
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Hazing Prevention Lessons Learned
• Commitment from senior administration is key to generating institutional will
• Prevention focusing on Greek life and athletics is necessary but not sufficient—must address other groups
• Maintaining momentum on hazing is challenging when same campus partners are also devoting energy to other health issues (e.g., sexual violence, alcohol, mental health), and hazing prevention is not their “day job”
• Next steps: – Engage new senior university leadership– Adapt/test solidarity scales, develop interventions– Conduct small groups social norms challenges
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Hazing Prevention Consortium Think Tank
• Social norms – What additional statements can we test/use in media?– How do we move forward (resource-wise) with small group norms
interventions? Who can do this work?
• Group solidarity – How do we measure group solidary and commitment?– What activities can achieve these?– Will increases in solidarity via non-hazing reduce the risk of hazing?– What is the role of and threshold for emotionally/physically
challenging group-building experiences?
• Moral foundations theory– How do we develop strategies that speak to the moral foundations
(loyalty, obedience, sanctity) that correlate with conservatism?
• Institutional will – How do we sustain momentum as visible problems decrease?