""These behaviors have no place at Michigan." (Model posing for Deposi
Fresh evidence that time's up comes from Ann Arbor.
"The University of Michigan has seen sexual misconduct complaints against faculty, staff and third parties shoot up 161 percent in one year," posts Sarah Cwiek at Michigan Radio.
The school reports it received 235 sexual misconduct complaints against employees and other third parties [from July 2017 through June 2018], up from about 90 the prior year.
The report attributes that spike to “the university community’s continued awareness of these issues and how to report concerns, as well as an increased societal awareness of sexual misconduct, such as through the #MeToo movement.”
"These behaviors have no place at Michigan."
(Model posing for DepositPhotos)
"These behaviors have no place at Michigan," an administrator says, according to reporter Danielle Pasekoff of The Michigan Daily. "We encourage every member of our community who has concerns about sexual misconduct to reach out."
After investigators looked into each complaint, UM's Office of Institutional Equity says this week, they found seven sexual harassment policy violations and five inappropriate behavior incidents.
Three employees were terminated and five resigned. [Four] others received "educational measures," a written reprimand, or "restriction from certain university spaces."
Eight complaints remain under investigation. Monday's document doesn't say if any cases were sent to detectives at the campus Department of Public Safety and Security, as required when a crime may have been committed.
During the 2017-18 reporting year, the university also got 277 reports from students about sexual misconduct by othger students, also an increase from the previous year, the campus daily says.
Of reports made by students, only seven percent, or 20 cases, resulted in an investigation.
The report covers UM’s Ann Arbor campus.
-- Alan Stamm
