Identifying Gaps in Sexual Harassment Remediation Efforts in Higher Education: Issue Paper (2025)
Chapter: Front Matter
ISSUE PAPER
Identifying Gaps in
Sexual Harassment
Remediation Efforts
in Higher Education
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Teresa Frasca, Isabel Alvarado, Philippe Bühlmann, and Elizabeth Hutchison,
Authors
Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education
Committee on Women in Science, Engineering, and Medicine
Policy and Global Affairs
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Suggested citation: Frasca, T., Alvarado, I., Bühlmann, P., and Hutchison, E. 2025. Identifying Gaps in Sexual Harassment Remediation Efforts in Higher Education: Issue Paper. Washington, DC: National Academies Press. https://doi.org/10.17226/29095.
Authors
TERESA FRASCA, Program Officer at the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.
ISABEL ALVARADO, Deputy Director, Systemwide Title IX Office in the University of California Office of the President (UCOP).
PHILIPPE BÜHLMANN, Professor of Chemistry at University of Minnesota Twin Cities (UMN).
ELIZABETH HUTCHISON, Professor of History at the University of New Mexico (UNM).
CONFLICT-OF-INTEREST DISCLOSURES
The authors declare no competing interests or disclosures.
Contents
What Is Remediation? A Brief History of Efforts to Address Sexual Harassment
Addressing Sexual Harassment Through Legal Compliance
Addressing Sexual Harassment Through Restorative Justice
When and for Whom Is Remediation Needed?
Harms to the Accused Individual
Harms to the Broader Institutional Community
Factors that Might Cause Additional Harms to Survivors, Accused Individuals, and Community Members
Landscape of Remediation Efforts in Higher Education
Before the Harassment Is Disclosed or Reported to the Institution
During the Institutional Response Process
After the Institutional Response Process Has Concluded
Using the Remediation Efforts Matrix as a Tool for Institutional Self-Audits
Identifying Trends Across Remediation Efforts in Higher Education
