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When research teams uncover institutional cover-ups that affect public safety

Our research team discovered that our university has been hiding data about campus sexual assault rates, and now we're facing pressure from administration to keep quiet while also knowing that prospective students and their families deserve to know what they're walking into.

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Researchers must choose between institutional loyalty and their obligation to public truth when silence enables ongoing harm.

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