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...interview. “The Ad Board understands that coming forward with and responding to an allegation of sexual assault are difficult for the students involved.”In 2002, the Faculty approved a change to Ad Board policy requiring students to submit “sufficient independent corroboration?? before they could get their cases heard. The more stringent standard sparked protests among students on the grounds that it put a burden on alleged victims that could discourage them from coming forward. After a student anonymously submitted a complaint about the rule tightening, the U.S. Department...
During the fall, Harvard changed the wording of the evidentiary requirement for peer disputes on the Ad Board’s website from “sufficient independent corroboration?? to “supporting information...
Most recently, there was the community uproar surrounding last April’s “sufficient independent corroboration?? policy recommended by the Ad Hoc Committee on the Administrative Board (The Ellison Committee). The Committee drew fire from CASV and many other student groups for the secrecy with which it operated, and the hurried way the report was 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...
Dean of the College Harry R. Lewis ’68 charged the committee last May with reevaluating the College’s services and education on sexual assault, on the heels of protests by students over a Faculty vote to require “sufficient independent corroboration?? for the Ad Board to hear a peer dispute complaint...
Student activists say that the policy of requiring “corroboration?? to hear sexual assault complaints sets Harvard back to the pre-feminist era, when a woman’s word was not enough. They also say that the incidence of sexual assault on campus, combined with this administrative protocol, creates a hostile environment for women...