1210.3	Assessment
Research Question (Clear, unambiguous)	"Has the rate of sexual assaults on-campus grown across the country? Has reporting increased? Are changing social dynamics among students causing institutional changes in policy? Is institutional policy for confronting sexual assault allegations changing?"  To begin, one must specify a time period, a meaning of "sexual assaults", and other things before the questions can make sense.  However, assuming we are referring to the past quarter century, we can say that the answers to the second and fourth questions are obviously yes without research.   The answer to the first question is probably no, but we don't really have the data to be sure.  And, the third question is too oblique to make much sense ("changing social dynamics among students" has no obvious meaning).  So, not so good on the research question.
Relevant Literature	Two articles on "perceptions" seems a bit astray from the apparent research question(s).
Causal Interpretations (clear, all parts defined, mechanisms, controls, plausible)	It seems fairly well known that governmental initiatives and concerns with lawsuits are major driving forces behind college efforts to change procedures for handling charges of sexual assault.  It is plausible that increased visibility and reporting of sexual assault has contributed to institutional changes, but difficult to demonstrate.  It is possible that sexual assault rates have risen, but the general suspicion is that higher reporting rates are a more likely source of changing numbers.
Data (variables, sample, comparison)	It  is not apparent how the data sets mentioned would be used to address the research questions.
Research Value	There are diverse literatures on institutional changes.  It is not apparent how this study would contribute to them.
Overall	Again, a generally interesting issue is the starting point, but the development of a research project is shaky.