The National Academies’ Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education will hold its 2023 Public Summit on Oct. 17 and 18.  The summit is an open forum for those in the higher education ecosystem to collaboratively identify, discuss, and elevate innovative and promising approaches for addressing and preventing sexual harassment. 

Panel discussions, expert presentations, and a poster session will explore topics such as:

• Restorative and transformative justice practices in higher education 

• Evaluating sexual harassment prevention and response efforts   

• Sexual harassment in an international context 

• Supporting transgender, nonbinary, and pregnant people in light of Title IX rule changes 

• Bystander intervention for graduate students, postdoctoral scholars, staff, and faculty 

• Exploring policies to prevent “passing the harasser” in higher education 

View the agenda and register to attend the summit either virtually or in person at the National Academy of Sciences building, 2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, D.C. 

Members and Partners Share New Efforts

Each year the Action Collaborative’s Member Organizations and Partner Network Organizations share the most significant and innovative work that they have done over the last year and that aligns with the findings and recommendations from the National Academies’ 2018 consensus report Sexual Harassment of Women. This information is shared to help higher education organizations develop, adapt, and implement their own efforts to address and prevent sexual harassment.  

This year, organizations have shared 45 new descriptions of work in a range of areas, including addressing bullying and incivility, improving transparency and accountability, supporting survivors, and evaluating prevention efforts, among others.    

Descriptions of the new work can be accessed in the Action Collaborative’s Repository of Work.  

For inquiries about the summit or repository, reporters can contact the Office of News and Public Information at news@nas.edu or tel. 202-334-2138.