While UNESCO clearly stands against sexual harassment, the institution may need to pay attention to abuses where it has lent the credibility of its name. More...
No Title IX Violation for Field Hockey Game Cut Short
By Greta Anderson. Kent State University found its athletics officials did not violate Title IX when they cut a women’s field hockey game short last month to accommodate a football fireworks display. More...
Sexual Misconduct at Elite Universities Surveyed
By Greta Anderson. Association of American Universities campus climate survey finds students are more aware of reporting sexual assaults and seeking help. More...
Top Universities Release Sexual Assault Reports
By Greta Anderson. Nearly all of the universities that participated in a 2019 campus climate survey published their individual results and will be addressing specific problems or challenges identified. More...
More Title IX Lawsuits by Accusers and Accused
By Greta Anderson. Universities and colleges are increasingly experiencing legal challenges to their institutions' Title IX enforcement processes, a trend that higher education law experts say is a natural reaction to proceedings that declare “winners” and “losers.” More...
Jury Sides With Student Accused of Sexual Assault
By Jeremy Bauer-Wolf. A former college student has won more than $100,000 in the first jury trial since the Obama administration rewrote rules on how college officials should adjudicate campus sexual violence. More...
6% of Seminarians Report Sexual Harassment
By Elizabeth Redden. Six percent of Roman Catholic seminarians say they have personally experienced some form of sexual harassment, abuse or misconduct at their institution, according to new research from the University of Notre Dame’s McGrath Institute for Church Life. Eighty-eight percent of seminarians say they have not experienced sexual harassment, abuse or misconduct, while 4 percent say they may have experienced it but are not sure. More...
Between a Rock and Title IX
By Colleen Flaherty. Professor says Goodwin College fired her for refusing to reveal the identity of a student who confided that another professor wanted sex in exchange for better grades. What kind of confidentiality does Title IX allow for. More...
Professor Suspended Over Prior Termination
By Colleen Flaherty. Stockton University suspended a visiting professor of physics who was accused of harassment and retaliation at his former institution, Lafayette College, NJ.com reported. More...