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...passed by the faculty. The corroboration rule itself was criticized as a 30-year step backwards. This new rule focused attention yet again on the issue of sexual violence at Harvard, and was an important factor in the creation of the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard (CASAH...
...this was the atmosphere in which we began our work with CASAH: large portions of the student body hostile and distrustful of Harvard’s willingness to change; a University with, at best, a spotty history on the issue of sexual violence; and an understanding that there was a lot to be done. Each month a two-inch thick binder arrived in the mail, filled with articles on sexual violence to be read in preparation for the Committee’s next meeting. We met with individual students, student groups, faculty, lawyers, administrators, mental health clinicians and more...
...Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard (CASAH) has issued its report and recommendations on student education, survivor support and discipline of sexual violence, which now will undergo a public commentary period until the Faculty discusses and votes on its recommendations in May. The committee—made up of students, faculty, administrators and independent experts—formulated recommendations after 60 meetings in Houses, small groups and interviews: these discussions with students, faculty and administrators, including Ad Board members, resulted in an extremely comprehensive report. The full implementation of CASAH’s numerous plans would go a long...
...CASAH also made numerous and detailed recommendations on how to improve sexual assault education. Devoting resources to education is one of the clearest ways to prevent sexual assault and to signal the University’s concern about its presence on campus. Current programs do not provide outreach or education after students’ first year, and even the program for first-year students leaves much to be desired. In their first week at Harvard, students now attend a 90-minute “Safe Community Night” program with their proctor groups, 30 minutes of which is devoted...
Today’s release of the report of the Committee to Address Sexual Assault at Harvard (CASAH) marks an important milestone in the effort to prevent sexual assault on campus. The recommendation to create an Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response, the call for increased education and training services for students and staff and the focus on coordination of services—as advocated in this space over the last two days—are extremely promising signs. On Monday, this space will feature a full review of the CASAH report. But today we will address...