Tag: sexual harassment: Page 2

News Roundup

Brown University to Evaluate new Proposed Revisions to Title IX Regulations

In the wake of the release of the U.S. Department of Education’s proposed revisions to Title IX regulations, Brown University has announced that it will assess the proposal and provide feedback to the Department on the revisions. The Department of Education’s proposed changes would alter how higher education institutions and public schools investigate sexual misconduct […]

November 26, 2018

News Roundup

Harvard University Faculty and Staff Required to Complete Sexual Assault Prevention Training Module

Harvard University provost Dr. Alan M. Garber  and executive vice president Katie N. Lapp announced in an email that all faculty and staff will take a sexual assault prevention training module. The training was created to remind Harvard’s faculty and staff about campus policy and resources and requires them to complete the 45-minute program by […]

November 5, 2018

Students

Guillermo: Will Weinstein Saga Change Attitudes Toward Campus Sexual Harassment?

Sexual harassment on campus is bad enough when it’s simply a matter of students. But add a professor to the mix and now we have the real problem with campus sexual harassment — where the element of power creeps into the mix.

October 16, 2017

Women

Weinstein’s Alma Mater Moves to Revoke Honorary Degree

BUFFALO, N.Y. — The University at Buffalo is moving to have alumnus Harvey Weinstein’s honorary degree revoked in response to multiple accusations of harassment and sexual assault against the Hollywood mogul. The university said Wednesday it is “well aware” of the allegations against Weinstein, who was an English major there from 1969-1973. The university says […]

October 11, 2017

Campus Climate

Committee Probing U. of Rochester Sexual Harassment Claim Expanded

ROCHESTER, N.Y. — A committee investigating complaints that the University of Rochester mishandled sexual harassment allegations against a professor is expanding. The university on Thursday announced that a graduate student and faculty member will be added. The committee was formed earlier this month to oversee an investigation into a federal complaint filed by several faculty […]

September 28, 2017

Students

Yale Students Arrested During Protests Have Charges Dropped

NEW HAVEN, Conn. — Nearly two dozen Yale University graduate students arrested during a protest about alleged sexual harassment have had their charges dismissed after they performed community service. The New Haven Register reports that 23 students were arrested in May for blocking streets in downtown New Haven during the protests. All were charged with […]

August 27, 2017

Students

Few Speak Up On Sex Assaults, Harassment at Aussie Campuses

CANBERRA, Australia — A survey of more than 30,000 Australian university students released on Tuesday found that half the respondents had been sexually harassed and almost one in 50 had been sexually assaulted on campuses, but few made formal complaints. The Australian Human Rights Commission, which surveyed students across all 39 universities in 2015-16, concluded […]

August 1, 2017

Students

Delta College Settles in Sexual Harassment Lawsuit

BAY CITY, Mich. — Two students who allege they were sexually harassed by a Delta College professor have dropped their lawsuit against the school in exchange for $195,000. A judge signed an order in February to dismiss the suit after an out-of-court settlement was reached, the Bay City Times reported. The newspaper recently obtained the […]

June 18, 2017

Students

Commission Urges Title IX reforms at University of Tennessee

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — An independent commission says the University of Tennessee should improve its responses to allegations of sexual harassment and sexual violence on campus. The commission made its recommendations public on Saturday, nearly a year after the university agreed to pay nearly $2.5 million to settle a Title IX lawsuit filed by eight women […]

June 18, 2017

Students

Report: Minnesota Athletics Official Broke Harassment Policy

MINNEAPOLIS — The University of Minnesota’s Board of Regents has launched an investigation into a leak of confidential information regarding the latest in a long line of sexual harassment allegations to be leveled against the school’s athletic department. Regent Chairman Dean Johnson said a closed-door meeting was held on Thursday, one day after a television […]

May 11, 2017

Opinion

O’Reilly and Floundering at FOX

An unimaginable, or rather highly unlikely, situation transpired last week with the firing of Bill O’Reilly, host of the popular FOX News program The O’Reilly Factor.

April 23, 2017

Women

UC Berkeley Settles Sexual Harassment Suit for $1.7M

SAN FRANCISCO — The University of California’s governing board has agreed to a $1.7 million settlement that will be paid out over the next decade to an employee who accused the former dean of UC Berkeley’s law school of sexual harassment. Under terms of the settlement, the UC regents will pay the employee, Tyann Sorrell, […]

April 19, 2017