Officials from GW and seven other D.C. colleges and universities met with Attorney General Eric Holder Wednesday to take on the topic of sexual assault on campus.

Vice Provost for Diversity and Inclusion Terri Harris Reed, who oversees the University’s compliance with anti-discrimination law, attended the meeting and said it was an opportunity to trade strategies and “keep the conversation going” about how colleges can improve their responses to sexual violence.

“We heard about the experiences of campuses attending today’s event and the Department’s outreach to campuses,” she said in an email Wednesday.

The officials discussed implementing prevention strategies, boosting student engagement and public education efforts and creating a safe campus environment, according to a release.

In April, the White House set across-the-board standards for schools’ sexual assault policies nationwide.

The University already meets many of those benchmarks after it conducted its first anonymous survey on harassment, stalking and dating violence last month and overhauled its sexual violence policy over the previous two years. Last fall, administrators also removed a time limit to file a formal complaint after student leaders lobbied against it.

The meeting with the attorney general comes after 55 schools nationwide were charged with Title IX violations earlier this month after failing to properly respond to sexual assault cases.