Editing Stanford University (section)

==== Campus sexual misconduct ====
In 2014, Stanford was the tenth highest in the nation in "total of reports of rape" on their main campus, with 26 reports of rape.<ref name=":wsj2016" >{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/grade-point/wp/2016/06/07/these-colleges-have-the-most-reports-of-rape/ |title=These colleges have the most reports of rape |first=Nick |last=Anderson |date=June 7, 2016 |newspaper=The Washington Post}}</ref> In Stanford's 2015 Campus Climate Survey, 4.7 percent of female undergraduates reported experiencing sexual assault as defined by the university, and 32.9 percent reported experiencing sexual misconduct.<ref name=":4">{{Cite news |url=http://www.paloaltoonline.com/news/2015/10/01/one-third-of-stanford-women-experience-sexual-misconduct-survey-finds |title=One-third of Stanford women experience sexual misconduct, survey finds |last=Kadvany |first=Elena |date=October 1, 2015 |work=Palo Alto Online |access-date=June 15, 2016}}</ref> According to the survey, 85% of perpetrators of misconduct were Stanford students and 80% were men.<ref name=":4" /> Perpetrators of sexual misconduct were frequently aided by alcohol or drugs, according to the survey: "Nearly three-fourths of the students whose responses were categorized as sexual assault indicated that the act was accomplished by a person or persons taking advantage of them when they were drunk or high, according to the survey. Close to 70 percent of students who reported an experience of sexual misconduct involving nonconsensual penetration and/or oral sex indicated the same."<ref name=":4" />

Associated Students of Stanford and student and alumni activists with the anti-rape group Stand with Leah criticized the survey methodology for downgrading incidents involving alcohol if students did not check two separate boxes indicating they were both intoxicated and incapacity while sexually assaulted.<ref name=":4" /> Reporting on the Brock Turner rape case, a reporter from ''[[The Washington Post]]'' analyzed campus rape reports submitted by universities to the U.S. Department of Education, and found that Stanford was one of the top ten universities in campus rapes in 2014, with 26 reported that year, but when analyzed by rapes per 1000 students, Stanford was not among the top ten.<ref name=":wsj2016" />