3Q: Cynthia Barnhart on progress to prevent sexual assault at MIT
On Oct. 27, 2014, MIT Chancellor Cynthia Barnhart released the findings of the Community Attitudes on Sexual Assault (CASA) survey, detailing MIT students’ experiences with a variety of unwanted sexual behaviors. In the year since, students, faculty, and staff have come together to raise awareness about what constitutes sexual misconduct, how to prevent it, and resources that can help. Barnhart spoke with MIT News on progress to date, and new efforts to combat sexual assault at MIT. Q. In the year since you released the CASA survey findings, what have you been working on, and what changes are you seeing? A. In typical MIT fashion, we are using the CASA data and the community conversations it sparked to inform and target our responses. We have learned a lot, and have been working hard to turn those lessons into actions. We conclude from the survey findings that we should focus our initial efforts in...