“When events are not mandatory, the people who go to them are the people who are already aware, and that limits the impact education will have on community as a whole,” she said.

Implementating the Plan

The Faculty will debate the report’s recommendations during its May 6 meeting and vote on them during its May 20 meeting.

Despite the expansive recommendations of the report, CASV members said how the College implements them will be the real test.

The committee has already recommended in its report a mechanism for future feedback, a separate advisory committee to continuously evaluate the success of the Office of Sexual Assault Prevention and Response.

Levit-Shore said the precedent begun by the committee’s solicitation of student opinion on the sexual assault policy should not be forgotten by the future committee.

“We’ve gotten warm and encouraging reception from senior officers responsible for making this happen,” said Leaning. “It’s been acknowledged that what we’re talking about is important and I’m hopeful that this really can happen.”

Levit-Shore said she particularly saw the recommendation for the new office as a long-awaited step forward.

“It shouldn’t take several rallies and five years of student outrage to start fixing things,” she said. “Hopefully we’re starting a new page of Harvard history.”

—Staff writer Sarah M. Seltzer can be reached at sseltzer@fas.harvard.edu.