Examples of unethical behavior in higher education
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For example, in 2016 at the University of Rochester in New York, graduate students and current and former professors within the department of brain and cognitive sciences had filed complaints to university administrators, accusing professor Florian Jaeger of sexual harassment and intimidation. But the university cleared him of violating the school’s harassment and discrimination policy even after an appeal by several of the faculty members, and promoted him to full professor even while the internal investigation was ongoing. This September, the case was brought into the public eye by Mother Jones magazine after the accusers submitted formal complaints to the US Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) at the end of August. Three weeks later, the university finally placed Jaeger on leave, and the Rochester president said he regretted promoting Jaeger.
This is but one example of cases of faculty wrongdoing that got swept under the rug by universities. In some instances, accusations are never properly explored. When complaints are investigated, the internal inquiries are typically conducted behind closed doors, where a committee of the accused’s colleagues, not quite impartial, listens to the case and makes a judgment.
“Academia is one of the last bastions where power imbalances spill over into the governance system, including faculty disciplinary committees that are charged with objectively judging their peers,” says a former university administrator who asked to remain anonymous because of involvement in an ongoing university gender discrimination case. As a result, justice is not always served.
This is but one example of cases of faculty wrongdoing that got swept under the rug by universities. In some instances, accusations are never properly explored. When complaints are investigated, the internal inquiries are typically conducted behind closed doors, where a committee of the accused’s colleagues, not quite impartial, listens to the case and makes a judgment.
“Academia is one of the last bastions where power imbalances spill over into the governance system, including faculty disciplinary committees that are charged with objectively judging their peers,” says a former university administrator who asked to remain anonymous because of involvement in an ongoing university gender discrimination case. As a result, justice is not always served.
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