DOD Service Academies: Further Efforts Needed to Eradicate Sexual
Harassment (Testimony, 02/03/94, GAO/T-NSIAD-94-111).

A GAO survey found widespread sexual harassment at the nation's military
academies, with between 93 and 97 percent of female students reporting
some form of sexual harassment in 1991.  The most common forms of
harassment were derogatory personal comments and suggestions that
standards had been lowered for women.  GAO found a strong link between
harassment and stress.  The academies generally have complied with the
minimum requirements the Defense Department has set for programs to
eliminate sexual harassment. Inspectors General have yet, however, to
expressly review sexual harassment prevention and education at the
academies.  Moreover, none of the academies has developed usable data to
assess whether their sexual harassment eradication programs are working.
In reviewing the efforts of other organizations, GAO noted several
approaches to preventing sexual harassment that may prove effective at
the academies.

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 REPORTNUM:  T-NSIAD-94-111
     TITLE:  DOD Service Academies: Further Efforts Needed to Eradicate 
             Sexual Harassment
      DATE:  02/03/94
   SUBJECT:  Sexual harassment
             Military service academies
             Students
             Military offenses
             Discrimination
             Women
             Program evaluation
             Surveys
             Education or training
             Crimes or offenses

             
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