What Are We to Make of the Case of Scholar Avital Ronell?
By many accounts, the New York University professor Avital Ronell—a German and comparative literature scholar and a…
Harvard Professor Announces Retirement After More Than a Dozen Women Accuse Him of Sexual Harassment
Longtime Harvard University professor Jorge I. Dominguez said on Tuesday that he will retire after nearly twenty women…
Academia's 'Shitty Men' List Has Around 2,000 Entries Detailing Sexual Misconduct at Universities
An anonymous survey launched in the wake of the #MeToo movement, inviting survivors of sexual harassment and assault to…
University College London Launches Investigation Into Secret Eugenics Conferences Hosted on Campus
On Wednesday, the Guardian reported that the University College London had opened an investigation into a series of…
UC Berkeley Dean Accused of Sexual Harassment Will Keep Tenure and Avoid Charges
Sujit Choudhry, the former dean of law at the University of California, Berkeley, who was at the center of an investigat…
The Princeton Polling Expert Who Ate a Bug For Being So Wrong About the Election Is Still Making Suggestions
The election of Donald Trump has already precipitated many shattering takeaways and consequences, but the quick sting…
USF Suspends Pi Kappa Phi Chapter During Investigation Into Rape of 16-Year-Old Girl
The University of South Florida in Tampa has temporarily suspended its chapter of Pi Kappa Phi after a 16-year-old…
Michigan State University Closes Women's Study Lounge After Title IX Complaint
Michigan State University has announced that it will close an all women’s study lounge after University of…
Men Are Their Own Favorite Experts Says Unsurprising Study
A new study has found that male academics are more likely than their female colleagues to cite themselves as experts.…
Hundreds of Professors Condemn Yale's Thomas Pogge After Sexual Assault Allegations
More than 200 professors have signed an open letter condemning Yale professor and highly influential ethicist, Thomas…
University of Wisconsin Suspends SAE Chapter for Racist Slurs
The University of Wisconsin-Madison has suspended the school’s chapter of Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) after a member…
Lawsuit: NYU Professor Said 'Women Do Not Belong In Science'
OraLee Branch, a malaria researcher who began work as an assistant professor at NYU in 2008, has sued the university’s…
Twitter User Alleges That Spelman College Silenced Her After She Was Raped by Morehouse Students
On Monday, the anonymous Twitter account Raped at Spelman sent out a series of tweets alleging that she had been raped…
Former Berkeley Dean Who Admitted to Sexually Harassing Employees Now Accuses University of Shaming Him
In March, Sujit Choudhry, then dean of UC Berkeley School of Law, announced that he would take an “indefinite leave of…
Police Arrest Suspect in the Death of University of Texas First-Year Student
Art Acevedo, Chief of Police in Austin, Texas, confirmed that police have arrested a suspect in the death of University…
Documents Reveal Widespread Sexual Harassment Problem at UC Berkeley
Over 400 pages of documents released to The Guardian and the East Bay Times reveal a pattern of sexual harassment among…
Berkeley School of Law Dean Downgraded to Professor After Admitting He Sexually Harassed Employees
Shortly after executive assistant Tyann Sorrell filed a sexual harassment lawsuit against UC Berkeley School of Law…
UC Berkeley Law School Dean Who Admitted to Sexually Harassing Female Employees Is Being Sued
A complaint filed on Tuesday against University of California Berkeley Law School dean Sujit Choudhry and the…
Fathers and Childless Women in Academia Are 3x More Likely to Get Tenure Than Women With Kids
If you are a man, having children will likely improve your career prospects; if you are a woman, having children will…
University of Chicago Professor Resigns During Sexual Harassment Investigation
Molecular biologist Jason Lieb has resigned from his professorship at the University of Chicago after the university…