I crunched some numbers on the number of forcible sex or rape that occurred in 292 colleges and universities, including Gallaudet University, that have enrollment figures between 1,000 and 2,000. I selected private nonprofit colleges and universities that have 4-year or higher academic offerings. Data gathered are on forcible sex offenses or rape that were reported in 2007, 2008 and 2009. I selected data reported only on main campuses (and not satellite campuses) that have student residential facilities or dormitories. The reported data for each college and university can be found in The Campus Safety and Security Analysis from the US Dept of Education (go to main page to get the required data)
Gallaudet University enrollment is 1488 according to the The Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis from the US Dept of Education. For my data analyses I selected universities and colleges with enrollment numbers between 1,000 and 1,499, and another data set on enrollment numbers between 1,500 and 1,999 students. The most current data from 2007, 2008 and 2009 were used to determine the total number of reported forcible sex or rape in the effort to establish a ranking.
For a complete Excel spreadsheet on the 292 colleges and universities on the number of reported forcible sex for year 2007, 2008 and 2009 please go here to download the spreadsheet I created.
I have found that the combined number of reported forcible sex or rape for year 2007, 2008 and 2009 showed that Gallaudet University is ranked 5th based on the total number of reported forcible sex or rape cases when compared to 291 other colleges and universities. Most of the crimes occurred in dormitories. Not surprising. In 2007 Gallaudet University reported 6 forcible sex or rape, 2008 with 4 cases and 2009 with six reported cases for a total of 16 reported cases of forcible or sex on campus with 14 of them occurred in dormitories over three years.
When compared to 15 other colleges and universities that have a combined total of at least 10 reported cases of forcible sex or rape, Gallaudet University ranks 5th on the combined number of reported forcible sex or rape for year 2007, 2008 and 2009.
There were 153 (out of 292) universities and colleges that reported no forcible sex or rape for year 2007, 2008 and 2009.
Below are the order of ranking on the total number of reported forcible sex or rape cases for year 2007, 2008 and 2009 combined along with enrollment size (in 2009) seen in parentheses:
1 - Walla Walla University (1808) - 60 (note: this has been corrected due to numerical error in database. Walla Walla University had 0 reported forcible sex reported in year 2008).
2 - Warren Wilson College (1028) - 42
3 - Randolph-Macon College (1246) - 31
4 - Amherst College (1744) - 20
4 - Anna Maria College (1589) - 20
4 - Swarthmore College (1525) - 20
5 - Gallaudet University (1488) - 16
6 - Albion College (1738) - 15
7 - Knox College (1407) - 14
8 - Ohio Wesleyan University (1893) - 13
8 - Oklahoma Baptist University (1764) - 13
9 - Wartburg College (1800) - 12
10 - Virginia Wesleyan College (1336) - 11
11 - Colby-Sawyer College (1122) - 10
11 - Lawrence University (1483) - 10
11 - Notre Dame College (1872)- 10
Previous data for year 2006 came up with 5 reported cases of forcible sex or rape at Gallaudet University. The link shown does not provide any data for 2005.
What's disturbing is that only the number of forcible sex is required
On March 26, 2006 I did a blog on the number of forcible sex or rape for year 1991-1992, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2003 and 2004.
Several years ago Gallaudet University instituted a new policy mandating dry dorms on campus. But even with dry dorms the number of rapes and sexual assaults on campus continues to go up when you compare official reports of 1 rape for the 1991-1992 year and fast forward to 1999 and beyond. For the year 1999 Gallaudet University officially reported 2 instances of forcible sex offenses or rapes. Even with the mandated dry dorms over the last several years official reports on forcible sex offenses or rapes did not stay low. In fact, it had gotten worse in most years since. In 2000 (3 forcible sex offenses or rapes), 2001 (5 rapes), 2002 (3 rapes), 2003 (7 rapes), and in 2004 with an official report required by federal law that 2 forcible sex offenses or rapes took place on the campus of Gallaudet University.In summary based on what I have gathered:
2009 - 6
2008 - 4
2007 - 6
2006 - 5
2005 - n/a
2004 - 2
2003 - 7
2002 - 3
2001 - 5
2000 - 3
1999 - 2
1991/1992 - 1
Despite with one dry dorm (Ballard) and a strict alcohol policy of no public consumption on campus (including no drinking in the hallways and lounge rooms in dormitories) the number of reported forcible sex or rape did not go down. The trend continues to go up albeit slowly over the last several years .
In 1993 Gallaudet University, as reported in People magazine "Silent Screams," put together a task force on coming up with a comprehensive policy on sexual assault according to Dwight Benedict who was at the time Director of Student Life.
"We truly believe we've done our very best," counters Benedict. "We put together a task force on sexual assault just last year." Organized in July, the task force is still in the process of coming up with a comprehensive policy on sexual assault for the next group of incoming freshmen. It is required by federal law.Done "our very best" as quoted in 1994?
Fast forward to 2011 Dwight Benedict is now the Dean of Student Affairs and the heavy question today is why the majority of colleges and universities similar to Gallaudet University in enrollment size have done better with ZERO reported forcible sex or rape for year 2007, 2008 and 2009? And yet Gallaudet University managed to rank 5th based on my analysis for year 2007, 2008 and 2009. What happened? Why the number of reported cases forcible sex or rape have stayed high?
And to make matters worse, rape is considered to be a form of bullying as well when physical/sexual assault is concerned by creating a hostile environment for the victim. How many students who were victims of forcible sex or rape who reported the crime decided to leave Gallaudet University? How many students who were victims never reported the crime decided to leave Gallaudet University?
Forcible sex or rape is reported on Gallaudet University's Annual Crime and Fire Safety Reports website for year 2007, 2008 and 2009 but it's not so easy to find it once you land on the main Gallaudet University website. And there are no long term data that are easily accessible on older forcible sex or rape crime information.
What we are seeing on the number of reported cases on forcible sex or rape is inexcusable when compared to the rest of the 291 colleges and universities of similar size with campus dormitories that have zero number of reported cases of forcible sex or rape. This is a serious problem for Gallaudet University and need to be addressed more seriously. Would any parents want to send their son or daughter to school knowing the number of forcible sex or rape that have happened over the years and seeing that it has not gone down but up?
But here's a question worth looking into about the possibility that the number of forcible sex or rape might be even higher because when someone scream for help inside a dormitory, no one can hear the scream for help. Or that the campus climate might instill certain fear and/or stigma preventing victims from reporting the crime. Something that's similar to forcible sex or rape that have gone in residential schools. Considering those possibilities the actual number of unreported forcible sex or rape crimes might actually be higher than what's being reported currently. Food for thought. Yet this is still a serious issue that has not gone away. It has somewhat gotten worse.
Exactly what are Dwight Benedict, who is the Dean of Student Affairs, and other Gallaudet University administrators doing to address this ongoing and increasing problem of forcible sex or rape crimes on campus?
And a final caveat about on reported offenses as seen in The Campus Safety and Security Data Analysis page where I have gotten my numbers:
The crime statistics found on this website represent alleged criminal offenses reported to campus security authorities and/or local law enforcement agencies. Therefore, the data collected do not necessarily reflect prosecutions or convictions for crimes. Because some statistics are provided by non-police authorities, the data are not directly comparable to data from the FBI's Uniform Crime Reporting System which only collects statistics from police authorities.I still reserve the right and to caution readers that not all data are completely or necessarily 100% accurate. This is the best available information that I've come across.
ADDENDUM: Here's sobering historical look of how many students did report their rapes back in the early 1990s. Click on this link and read what victims at Gallaudet University had to say.
Has the problem actually gotten worst now at Gallaudet University? Let's see a better, much improved campus environment and security, and that students are better informed about rape on campus. No one should suffer and be a victim of rape.
45 comments:
Having worked with the students, I can assure you that most of the rapes went unreported. Out of those reported, many didn't get the support they needed. I was in one 'judicial' hearing with a survivor of rape. What I witnessed was a complete travesty of justice. I couldn't believe it. They totally disregarded the testimony of the survivor. I've never seen anything like this before or afterwards.
this data analysis is horribly flawed, you cherry-picked your sample and arbitarily label gallaudet as #5 but fail to mention #5 of what... really terrible analysis
anony @11:05 PM,
There is no "cherry picking" here. The criteria for this analysis is to select colleges and universities that have similar enrollment size as Gallaudet's. Plus, the data must included colleges and universities that have dormitories. And those institutions must be a 4-year college and must be private and non-profit institution. Gallaudet falls under that. There were 291 colleges and universities that FIT that criteria that are similar to Gallaudet's.
Secondly, you need to read carefully what the ranking #5 I was referring to. It's the total number of forcible sex or rape combined in 2007, 2008 and 2009. Gallaudet's add up to 16 reported cases, most of them occurring in dorms. Gallaudet has the 5th highest number of reported forcible sex or rape crime over a three year period (2007 - 2009).
No cherry picking here. All factual data.
Gallaudet does have a sexual misconduct policy on its site. Question here, based on the first commenter's comment...if the policy isn't being adhered to, what are the next step to bringing that to light? Who need to be contacted?
can't you just like stop rambling on about Gallaudet? You make me sick. You are not concern about rape.Please leave it to the people who are victim, they don't need you to use them to ripe Gally.
anony @11:41 PM,
My concern is for the victims and seeing that the number of forcible sex or rape go up, there is cause for concern for everybody involved over there. I have a very good friend of mine who was a rape victim at Gallaudet. My wife has a friend who was also a rape victim at Gallaudet.
So, please, keep your rambling to yourself.
Candy,
Shine a big light on this problem...constantly. The number of forcible rape reported remain high and has trended upward. Parents should be made aware of this problem.
I've seen you post many things about Gally, I ignored it, but when you post about rape, it just make me sick that you just had to go there.
Don't make it harder for them.
anony @12:05 AM,
Make it harder? You gotta be kidding. What makes it worse is to ignore these statistics as if they do not exist. What is worse is to ignore the high rate of forcible sex or rape being reported every year. What is worse is to ignore the victims' feeling of helplessness when they are ignored.
Your solution is to ignore this. My solution is to shine a light on this and make the data available to those who could use them.
Rape is a serious issue on campus. Please, do not tell me to ignore it. And don't tell what I should or should not write about. Especially something as serious as this one. I'm not the one who is pretending this isn't happening. It's the victims you should be siding with, and not Gallaudet University if they are failing to help curb the number of forcible sex or rape at Gallaudet.
Sweeping it under the rug is not the answer. So, please kindly step aside and let me address this rape issue again.
no, not sweeping under rug. I would not minded your blog about rape if you wanted to speak out. But These victims may want their cultural rights and yet have to speak out about rape. They can't fight two battles - fight for their cultural and language rights AND fight against rape. That's what I mean by making it harder for them. And you too busy riping Gally. I don't think that's what they want.
anony @12:32 AM,
I am speaking out against rape at Gallaudet University. I also spoke out against rape at Gally 4 years ago and earlier as well.
Yes, you want me to sweep this issue under the rug. Instead of supporting me on highlighting the problems about high number of forcible sex or rape crimes you choose to attack me instead.
My blog is in no way making it "harder" for rape victim. Many are silent and do not want to report the rape crime. Keeping it quiet is not the answer but to shine the light on Gallaudet Univ on this serious problem.
Again, kindly step aside and let me do my blogging and bring this issue to light once again.
You are very wrong about me. I rather if a different blogger speak out and shout about Rape in Gally.
anony 12:50 AM,
Then kindly stop telling me what I should or should not do. If no one going to highlight this rape problem at Gallaudet by blogging then who will? You?
No, you haven't at all.
I have a friend who was raped at Gallaudet and it is simply inexcusable as to what was done to her, and afterwards. I've seen the pain she has gone through for years because of that. Shame on them!
Lola,
Exactly. My good friend had to suffer from the after effects of her getting raped in her dorm at Gally during the late 80s. It took her years to get over it until she was comfortable again with men. The Judicial Board was no help back then. The victim suffered while the criminal got away with it.
I tend to agree with Mike, 1 rape is 1 too many, and he has a perfect right to show the Gallaudet statistics, we are all concerned with deaf issues, and there is no other Uni like Gally for the deaf, does he ignore ? Deaf have to prove themselves at gally, so much cultural aspiration is wrapped up and been invested in its success. Deaf women need to feel safe too...
Right, MM. Unlike some people trying to get me to sweep these issues under the rug and pretend it never existed.
Shame.
When discussing a serious institutional problem, it pays to also propose solutions. Otherwise the problem just gets kicked around until people tire of it.
Please continue to push for a solution, not just discussion.
Last year I happened to be on campus in the evening. I wanted to go the women's restroom in SAC. All of them were locked. When I asked why, I was told that women were getting raped in the bathrooms at night. Great solution to lock the bathrooms, hmm?
My girlfriend is victim of this at Gallaudet.
Gallaudet let this violator free and returned to work at Gallaudet's KDES as teacher.
Pretty sick, I suppose.
What about those who cried "wolf"? I am awarr of one guy who was falsely accused of rape at Gallaudet by his disgruntled ex-date. His good name was ruined and had to withdraw from the university. Thanks to malicious gossip, the dark cloud followed him to NTID. He is still bitter nowaday.
That was back in '92 or '93. You might know him. His initial is JK.
I did open your spreadsheet file and see the list of colleges and universities. i do not see Gallaudet in the list. did i miss it?
To Mike, I am all for the investigation of rapes on any campus. my best survey would be to give out the forms to every room under the door. then they can fill it out and secretly drop them off in secured box in every women's restrooms. i believe that you will get better report on these. i believe that the university should take this action.
To the anonymous who said this shouldn't be brought up because "They can't fight two battles."
Please. We as deaf people have come a long way, we have many of the rights compared to many deaf/hh in other countries. We've come a long way. I don't see it as a battle. Sure, we have a few things that we can work on, they're not battles. Only a few group of people are making it sound like there's a war out there, war against hearings, war against oppression and so forth.
Rape is serious thing. No women should ever have to go through it, I'm sure it has happen to men too and no men should ever have to go through it either.
Mike is doing a great thing by bring it up here because the numbers have not gone down (stats at Gallaudet).
Before the policy on rape was in place, there really wasn't anywhere a victim could go to. You would have to be in the victims shoe to understand the emotions that went through him/her.
A lot of times, a victim only has his/her friend and/or family to go to. The perpetrator, usually goes free. And, often times, they run into them in this small deaf world later on in their adult lives.
This is why statistics on rape isn't revealing the true numbers and I suspect that due to shame, etc. the numbers could be higher.
If there is a policy on rape at Gallaudet and the first anonymous says that the Judicial hearing surrounding a survivor of rape was a complete travesty of justice, then where to these victim go to if they want to file a complain about the end result? Why does it have to go through the judicial hearing? Why can't victim contact 911, have the DA of Washington D.C. look into that situation and prosecute the perpetrator? I guess I need to know where this "Judicial hearing" is taking place? On campus or at a court house?
Don't sweep this under the rug. You have NO idea how many victims there are out there who can't or won't relate what happen to them back in the day, whether they were at Gallaudet or whether they were at some school for the deaf or elsewhere.
anony @9:24 AM,
Gallaudet Univ is at the top of the spreadsheet row #11. I put it at top so the numbers can stand out easily. The rest of the colleges and universities I put them in alphabetical order.
Dianrez,
Solutions won't come unless Gallaudet Univ acknowledges publicly to the victims, students and parents that they do have a campus wide problem. And what they have done so far has not curbed any rape but has seen it trend upward instead. Their policy isn't working.
When Gallaudet Univ school start next week after the holidays it is up to the students to help stage an awareness campaign over there. Recent victims as well as old ones need to speak up in unison. Doing this will only shine a much bigger spotlight on Gallaudet Univ that will spur the administration to hit this head on.
Offering solution now won't work because they are not listening or taking it as seriously to redouble their effort to address and solve this problem of theirs. The administrators' lives are not ruined by this....it's the victims' lives that are forever ruined.
Candy,
The stats may have been low only as seen in my earliest stat I could collect (i.e. 1 reported for 1991-1992 school year) which is kind of hard to believe since alcohol was still a problem on campus with all the partying and such which give rise to greater chances of women getting raped in dorms.
Once this "rape policy" was established in the early 90s did it appear that perhaps more victims came forward. I still think there is a climate of fear and intimidation that holds back more victims from reporting to the proper authorities.
It's time to shine a big ol' spotlight on Gallaudet University's continuing and worsening forcible sex or rape problem on campus.
Let me explain it some more. Let's say there is Black American collage and all everyone do is complain about blacks. Women are being raped but they want better action instead of the society going after their race and the college they love. When you are in a minority , of course people will sweep it under the rug and stay quiet. If you want to help the victims, stop targeting the whole group and focus on fixing the problem. Disagree with me or not, this is the wrong stragedy fix the problem.
Its alot easily to speak out if people just focus on the actual issue.
anony @12:34 PM,
I disagree with your opinion. This is about resurfacing and old problem that has apparently gotten worse. This is about informing the uninformed on what has been going on for so long that has not gotten better but worse. This is about raising the level of consciousness and hopefully generate enough so when students return to school they continue to discuss this and put a bigger spotlight on this.
Back in 1993 People magazine did a story "Silent Screams" on the problematic rape problem Gallaudet University had. Raising this problem publicly in a widely read magazine embarrassed Gallaudet Univ to do something about it.
Now, with more data in hand I can now show people that the trend in reported forcible sex or rape has actually gone up and not down. It is simply inexcusable.
I am doing something about it by raising the level of awareness and consciousness about this problem.
What are you doing about it?
Complain that I brought this up with more data and information?
That sounds like an attempt to try and get me to sweep it all under the rug. Hiding the data is not a good idea. Bringing to the forefront is a good way to shine a bright light on this serious issue. Hopefully the light will get even brighter.
We need to give ALL of our support to these victims.
I'm giving my support for the third time here hoping somebody will listen. If it means embarrassing Gallaudet Univ, so be it.
What are you doing?
If it helps great, but l guessing you will never be satisfy with Galleudet even if they did fix the problem.
Anyway hearing students are going there too so its not like all cultural deaf people .
anony @1:07 PM,
Great way to end your argument with a red herring.
The focus is on the victims and the rising number of reported cases of forcible sex or rape at Gallaudet.
No one should be satisfied with any amount of rape at Gallaudet Univ or any other institutions. Zero rape is what everybody would be satisfied with.
I said victims, I never said anything about the status of the victim's hearing whether deaf, hh or hearing. For all we could know those rape figures could come from some hearing students (HUGS).
Show support for the victims rather than to try and pugnaciously attack me for bringing this problem to light.
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I wonder how many of the former victims of rape feels when they see certain anonymous bitching about Mike bringing up this topic...
There are many out there probably unsure if they should be sharing their story....
This isn't about whether one is deaf or not. Mike is right, the hearing students could very well be a victim of rape at Gallaudet.
Gallaudet is NOT the only university with this problem.
I see Walla Walla has it real bad, I hope the students and alumni there shines their light on their problem too.
Anonymous, it could happen to someone you care about, ever thought about it?
It's well and proper to be resurrecting this issue and embarrassing Gallaudet.
But, remember, it has been done before and the issue just died after "some things were done" and people tired of it.
Generating ideas for solutions is the best thing you can do, having gone thus far to do research and make computations.
The suggestion to start with an anonymous survey passed out to women in the dorms is an excellent one to gauge the current extent of the problem.
You touched (briefly) on the difficulty of investigation and sorting the problem at the complaint stage, which is another good start. Expand on it, please, and you may draw out more good suggestions.
My input: even at the community level the police have difficulty with more typical "he said, she said" complaints and only with objective evidence (rape kits, documented injuries, witnesses) can things go further.
A policy that addresses this difficulty at a campus level would be a good start. Education for students on prevention, protection of those at risk and lodging an effective complaint would be useful.
Simply "raising consciousness" and "embarrassing" the institution are themselves ineffective tactics in the long term, as we have seen.
We need practical and implementable IDEAS. Then we can bring pressure on the institution to take more effective long term action.
Simply muckraking tends to make people discount it.
Rape is a serious issue. You should be very, very careful with what numbers are and how you present them.
Gallaudet had a total of 16 accusations of rape over a total of three years. In this article, the question is where to place Gallaudet comparatively to other colleges. The assumption is that numbers of rape accusations will tell this information, regardless of college size.
This assumption is possibly very wrong.
National statistics show that one in five women in colleges experience sexual assault, and a small number of men.
They also show people rarely come forward about these statistics.
It's possible Gallaudet has higher reporting numbers because they have a better system in place for supporting students than other colleges, and possibly a better student body. Students don't feel they will be ignored.
This might seem strange until you start reading some of the horrible drivel published at other universities.
For example, the Princeton student newspaper published a controversial article earlier this year saying that women who drank were basically responsible for whatever happened to them, regardless of whether they said no. Not to mention all the big sports universities where athletes are routinely excused from assaulting women.
No, I think these numbers are interesting, but your analysis is flawed. I certainly can't see Swathmore College as being more dangerous than Gallaudet University!
Anonymous, this is not termed "cherry picking." This is simply a bad interpretation of data.
anony @4:26 AM
I already mentioned the possibility of more rape where victims do not want to come forward.
Secondly, I added a caveat at the end of my piece. Do you NOT read all my blog piece at all?
Thirdly, I presented 12 years worth of data with 11 years of continuous annual data (except 2005) information. We cannot really compare Gallaudet with Swarthmore, trendwise, over the last 10 years.
Lastly, Gallaudet could very well be much more "riskier" place than Swarthmore simply because the screams of help in dorms could be a factor. The stigmatization could be much more intense within the Deaf community (i.e. Gallaudet) possibly because of the nature of a Deaf culture.
So, when one says "riskier" or "dangerous" becomes subjective simply because we don't completely have all of the data and information for the rest of the 291 other colleges and universities.
That does not make my data flawed. There are other factors involved here. However, the information that we have now shows a genuine concern based on a very different college environment than the rest of the 291 others when it comes to students.
If you think you can do better in this analysis. Be my guest.
Clarification:
"Lastly, Gallaudet could very well be much more "riskier" place than Swarthmore simply because the screams of help in dorms could be a factor."
Meaning screams of help inside of a dorm whenever forcible sex or rape is occurring, and who would hear them? But how big of a factor is this? No one really knows but it's something to consider here.
the student enrollment rates seem to match with reported incidents; also, most of the reported cases of sexual assault seem to be centered around the housing area on campus.
if ALL the reported incidents were the result of a sexual assault outreach/prevention program, then the data of reported incidents would suggest, at the least, that sexual assaults may STILL taking place DESPITE the awareness/prevention program. that means the program may not be working and may need to be modified.
if there is no prevention/awareness program at Gallaudet University, then the reported incidents of sexual assault may suggest there is a larger, undocumented problem of sexual assaults on campus, namely, in the housing areas.
what is or has Gallaudet University done to prevent sexual assaults on campus? what has the housing administration done to prevent sexual assaults on campus?
what is Dwight Benedict doing to prevent sexual assaults on the campus of Gallaudet University? what has Dwight Benedict been doing to prevent sexual assaults on campus?
important questions taxpayers want to know the answers.
This comment is not to take away from your effort to push reforms that may be needed at Gallaudet. However:
I became curious why religious-oriented colleges such as Haverford, Swarthmore and Bryn Mawr had higher reports of rape than say, Georgetown.
A quick look at their websites shows much more detailed rape policy and procedures, giving names of personnel responsible for helping victims.
On the other hand, Georgetown and other colleges that had zero rape reports had websites that were much less detailed in how rape is compassionately handled, if at all. No names are given, nor a phone number except for a general campus security phone.
It may be better support services that are why rapes are more frequently reported. Or it may be a more stringent zero tolerance policy. Certainly there is room for improvement, especially since some victims are apparently not receiving adequate support.
In all, the goal is to have zero occurrences of rape, so wish you success and kudos for your efforts.
I would be scared to scream if I was in a hearing dorm. People who rape want full control and will threatened to kill.
To be honest, I rather be around deaf people than hearing because hearing can use their ear to their advantage. Deaf people can not hear so sometimes they need a lot of visual to get around and I can see what's going on. Plus they don't know who can hear them therefore, they know they can get caught.
I dare you to write a piece that shines a positive light on Gallaudet! All of your posts about Gallaudet thus far is all negative.
anony @ 9:17 PM,
I'll write a positive piece once the reported forcible sex and rape stays at zero for three years in a row.
Fair enough?
Well, it's a bit sickening when one puts the value of rape victims in the effort to protect the university at all cost. I'd say that these things need to be exposed often and hopefully somebody or the administration will find a way to stop this. And be a better university for that matter. If people can't see that then certainly something is wrong with them. Heartless would be the word. Shame on them for protesting against raising awareness of this serious forcible sex crimes.
Hi Mike,
I'm a bit of a latecomer, but am glad you brought up this topic. I've written very briefly about the issue of rape at Gallaudet in the past, and would love to comment at length on all this at a later time. It is always good to point out flaws in a system rather than excuse them for whatever reason.
But, for now, I wanted to point out that in your statistical analysis of colleges, Gallaudet should actually be ranked seventh, not fifth. You list three schools at #4, and the standard approach is that when at least two entities tie for a particular ranking, the next entity's ranking is the total number of entities above it in the rankings.
A good example of this is U.S. News & World Report's college rankings. If you take a look at the list, you'll see that where there are two #5's, the next item is ranked not #6, but #7.
http://colleges.usnews.rankingsandreviews.com/best-colleges/rankings/national-universities
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