Kansas University has sanctioned 32 students — expelling eight of them — for violating its sexual harassment policy, which includes sexual violence, in the past two and a half years.

The counts are according to a KU Student Affairs tally made public for the first time this week. They include disciplinary actions taken against students from when KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access was created in May 2012 through December 2014.

Of the eight students expelled and banned from campus, one was banned outright while others were specified for four years, five years or until their victims graduated.

Of the other students disciplined:

• Seven were suspended.

• 13 were placed on probation.

• Two were required to complete education and training.

• Two were given warnings.

Many of the above sanctions were combined with other conditions such as training on subjects like alcohol and consent, housing bans, no contact orders or community service.

The numbers from Student Affairs only show disciplinary actions taken. They do not show what was alleged or what the university found the students guilty of.

One duty of KU’s Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access is to investigate complaints of sexual violence at the university. Under federal Title IX, which requires universities to ensure access to education free from discrimination, sexual violence complaints fall beneath the larger umbrella of sexual harassment.

Along with the discipline numbers, Student Affairs explained that not all complaints result in a full-scale investigation, and not all investigations result in formal sanctions.

At the conclusion of an investigation, the Office of Institutional Opportunity and Access recommends a finding and disciplinary action, but Student Affairs has the final say.

KU came under fire for one such decision last fall, after a student who said she was raped two times by the same male student went to the media with her story, including an interview with the Journal-World. The woman said the male student should have had a harsher punishment than the probation he was ordered.

Citing confidentiality, the university would not comment on that specific case. Administrators said the university can and does expel students for violating the sexual misconduct policy, but at the time they did not provide counts.

KU now provides the list online at studentaffairs.ku.edu, under Student Conduct.

The University Daily Kansan reported that the newspaper had asked for the numbers last fall.

KU records custodian Andy Foat said the university decided to publish the records for transparency and will continue to do so, the Kansan reported.