Facing criticism for not taking harsher action against a famous astronomer found to have repeatedly violated the University of California’s sexual harassment policies, the system is vowing to re-examine its deadlines for pursuing termination of tenured professors accused of misconduct. In so doing, it joins a number of other institutions that have recently re-evaluated their policies surrounding the reporting of harassment to give alleged victims more time.
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- Why Colleges Have a Hard Time Handling Professors Who Harass (The Chronicle of Higher Education - requires paid subscription)
- Geoffrey Marcy, Astronomer at Berkeley, Apologizes for Behavior (The New York Times)
- How Astronomers Sought to Intervene With Geoff Marcy — and What’s at Stake for Women in the Field (The New York Times)
- California looks again at powers in wake of Marcy case (Times Higher Education)
- UC Berkeley astronomer resigns over sexual harassment investigation (Inside Higher Ed)
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