Air Force Academy Phased Out Sexual Assault Prevention Program Shown to Work at Other Schools
The Gazette (Colorado Springs, Colo.) | By Mary Shinn
Published October 07, 2024 at 9:21am ET
The Air Force Academy phased out a sexual assault prevention program that showed success at other universities, following a spike in unwanted sexual contact among cadets and across the military.
The program called Enhanced Assess Acknowledge Act or EAAA is delivered to young women over 12 hours in the classroom and helps them detect sexual coercion, teaches them the best ways to resist and helps them understand the greatest risk of assault is from men they know, among other prevention tools.
The class was phased out after data was released in 2022 showing a continued upward trend in unwanted sexual contact, said Sonja Strickland, the violence prevention program manager at the academy, during a July meeting at the Board of Visitors. Unwanted sexual contact includes rape, unwanted sexual touching and other crimes.
https://www.military.com/daily-news/2024/10/07/air-force-academy-phased-out-sexual-assault-prevention-program-shown-work-other-schools.html
