Report: Academia Must Approach Sexual Harassment as Cultural Problem
Current approaches to sexual harassment in academic sciences, engineering and medicine have led to significant damage in research integrity and loss of talent, says the report.
Current approaches to sexual harassment in academic sciences, engineering and medicine have led to significant damage in research integrity and loss of talent, says the report.
A law firm’s report determined the Palo Alto Unified School District failed to adequately investigate an alleged on-campus sexual assault at Palo Alto High School.
USC was required to submit all reports and complaints against staff and faculty under a previous agreement but did not provide documents related to the former doctor.
An investigation by the Chicago Tribune into Chicago Public Schools found over 500 allegations of sexual abuse and rape over the last decade.
Now-former SWBTS president Paige Patterson allegedly told a rape victim not to report the assault to police and to forgive her assailant.
While a former neurologist is facing rape charges in New York, patients in Philadelphia say police have ignored their abuse claims against him.
The LAPD has launched an investigation into sexual misconduct claims against a former USC doctor, just four days after the school’s president announced he will resign.
A lawyer representing four of the plaintiffs, who also helped secure a $500 million settlement between MSU and Nassar victims, says it is clear the school ignored complaints.
Former USC doctor George Tyndall has repeatedly been accused of making sexually explicit and racially discriminatory comments to patients during treatments.
Part two of a two-phase independent review of the school’s Title IX program found its failure to communicate “may irreparably undermine” Title IX progress.