Report 2017-125 Recommendation 23 Responses

Report 2017-125: The University of California: It Must Take Additional Steps to Address Long-Standing Issues With Its Response to Sexual Harassment Complaints (Release Date: June 2018)

Recommendation #23 To: University of California

To address any patterns or systemic problems of sexual harassment, the systemwide office should do the following by July 2019:

Continue to improve and finalize the data collection process, including identifying data points that campuses should gather for each complaint and data points for tracking repeat respondents.

6-Month Agency Response

The Systemwide Title IX Office worked with the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning IRAP) and campus Response Team Coordinators (RTCs) to expand and refine the metrics for data it collected by and from the locations. The Systemwide Title IX Office is currently collecting data from locations using the revised metrics, which will improve accuracy and facilitate analysis to allow the Systemwide Title IX Office and campus Title IX offices to, among other things, better track repeat respondents.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 6-Month Status: Fully Implemented

60-Day Agency Response

The Systemwide Title IX Office will work with the Office of Institutional Research and Academic Planning to refine the metrics, streamline the process, improve accuracy, and facilitate the analysis of data collected by and from the campuses to allow the Systemwide Title IX Office and campus Title IX offices to, among other things, better track repeat respondents. The improved process will be in place by July 2019.

California State Auditor's Assessment of 60-Day Status: No Action Taken

The systemwide office has expressed its commitment to implement this recommendation. We look forward to reviewing its progress in its six-month response.

All Recommendations in 2017-125

Agency responses received are posted verbatim.