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• 68.6% of respondents have monthly/ weekly/daily availability of an eating disorder specialist, and of those, 96.3% stated it is very/extremely important. • Overall, 94.9% of respondents stated a mental health professional with an eat- ing disorder specialty is somewhat (7.6%) or very/extremely (87.3%) important. • Of those who don’t offer a specialist (25 respondents), 84% state it is somewhat or very/extremely important. • P–value of .001 indicates that we cannot reject the hypothesis that the impor- tance variable is independent from the frequency variable. Body Image or Making Peace with Food groups for Students (117 respondents) • Only 17% knew of monthly/weekly/daily groups, but 90% of those respondents stated they are very/extremely impor- tant, indicating an unmet need at most of the institutions. • 15% of respondents didn’t know and 44% stated groups aren’t offered, but 70.1% of all respondents said they are very/ extremely important. • P–value of .204 indicates that we cannot reject the hypothesis that the importance variable is independent from the fre- quency variable. Individual Psychotherapy for Eating Disorder Issues (117 respondents) Programs/Workshops about Eating Disorders and Body Image (117 respondents) • 77.8% of respondents knew psycho- therapy is available monthly/weekly/ daily on their campus, and 95.6% of them say it is very/extremely important. No respondents stated that it is not impor- tant. • Overall, respondents believe individual psychotherapy is important, with 89.7% of respondents stating it is very/extremely important, regardless of whether it is offered on their campus. • P–value of .000 strongly indicates that we can reject the hypothesis that the importance variable is independent from the frequency variable • Overall, 74.4% offer such programs once per semester/year (69 respondents) or monthly/weekly/daily (18 respondents), and of those, 94% state such groups are very/extremely or somewhat important. Only 6% stated they do not believe they are important. • Of those who said groups are not offered (16.2% of respondents), 78.9% believe they are very/extremely important, indi- cating a need for programming on cam- puses currently lacking such resources. • P–value of .001 indicates that we cannot reject the hypothesis that the importance variable is independent from the fre- quency variable. Articles in Newsletter, Magazine or Web for Alumni (119 respondents) • Overall, information to alumni was not rated nearly as important as other resources. 27.7% of respondents stated information available to alumni is not important, On-Staff Counselor/Psychologist/ Psychiatrist with a Specialization in Eating Disorders (118 respondents) 19