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Dark Side of a Scholarly Meeting

Tweet about preventing sexual assault of a colleague too drunk to give consent renews discussion of the environment at scholarly meetings.

Time to Dismiss the Stanford Prison Experiment?

The 1971 Stanford Prison Experiment has long been considered a window into the horrors ordinary people can inflict on one another, but new interviews with participants and reconsideration of archival records shed more light on the findings.
Opinion

The Problem That Would Not Be Tolerated Elsewhere

Despite a silence that is “brutal,” the medical profession has known for decades that significant numbers are being sexually harassed on campuses, argues Billie Wright Dziech.

Students Want Due Process -- With Limited Rights in Sexual Misconduct Cases

New FIRE survey shows overwhelming support for campus due process, but hesitations on some issues.

Should University Presses Cancel Harassers' Book Contracts?

Scholarly publishing organization is considering the issue, amid calls to do more about those who mistreat students and colleagues but appear to go unpunished. Some contracts have been canceled.

Why Do Colleges Keep Failing to Prevent Abuse?

Despite vows to push back against sexual abuse on campus, cases keep coming, with leaders failing to act on abuse reports until it's too late.

One Person as ‘Prosecutor, Judge and Jury’

Experts fear the worst with George Washington's new Title IX policies, in which a single investigator decides whether to move forward with a sexual assault case.

Sexual Assault Exams Right on Campus

University of Michigan gives students who say they've been assaulted a rape kit rather than sending them to the local hospital, which administrators say benefits survivors.