Thursday, December 28, 2023

Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education

By Jeremy Bailin


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Image Credit: NASEM


Action Collaborative is a collaboration between academic institutions that grew out of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering and Medicine (NASEM) 2018 Sexual Harassment of Women report. Its goal is to "collaboratively work toward and share targeted action on addressing and preventing sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education". More specifically, members pledge to advance research on preventing sexual harassment, develop evidence-based policies, share and implement those policies, and assess progress towards preventing sexual harassment in academia.

The Action Collaborative consists of 52 Member Organizations, who form the working groups and provide financial support, plus an additional 16 Partner Network Organizations. Applications to join the collaborative are accepted every January; for further information on applying, please contact the Action Collaborative staff at shactioncollab_at_nas.edu (replace the _at_ with @).

The collaborative hosts annual public summits, with videos of previous talks available. Individual working groups dedicated towards prevention, response, remediation, and evaluation meet 1-3 times per quarter.

To find out more about Action Collaborative, see






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