By Colleen Flaherty. Michael Kimmel, SUNY Distinguished Professor of Sociology and Gender Studies at the State University of New York at Stony Brook and an internationally known expert on masculinity, asked the American Sociological Association to delay presenting him with a major award for six months, so that still-anonymous allegations of sexual harassment against him can be vetted, he said last week. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The University of Wisconsin system board is receiving proposals this week designed to avoid the long-standing practice in higher education of "passing the harasser," in which employees known to harass others are encouraged to take jobs at other institutions. More...

By Scott Jaschik. The Georgia Bureau of Investigation has announced the arrest of a man for making threats of gun violence via email and letters against a faculty member at the University of North Georgia. More...