Many colleges and universities in the United States lack clear guidance on available sanctions for faculty found responsible for sexual harassment or other early interventions for faculty accused of sexual harassment. Research demonstrates that appropriate and effective institutional responses to faculty sexual harassment and transparency in those responses are critical for building an organizational climate that is demonstrably intolerant of sexual harassment; works to prevent that behavior; and seeks to reduce experiences of institutional betrayal.
This issue paper from the Response Working Group of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education describes the landscape of higher education response systems for sexual harassment, including both formal sanctions for faculty found responsible for sexual harassment following an institutional finding of a policy violation, as well as less formal early interventions designed to address and correct behaviors of accused faculty before they rise to the level of a policy violation. This publication highlights existing challenges that arise in the processes for determining and enforcing appropriate sanctions or early interventions to hold faculty accountable and then identifies areas of research needed to improve all processes used for responding to faculty sexual harassment.
25 pages
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8.5 x 11
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ISBN Ebook: 0-309-69129-X
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.17226/26646
Stubaus, K. and Harton, M. (Eds.). 2022. Exploring Sanctions and Early Interventions for Faculty Sexual Harassment in Higher Education: Issue Paper. Washington, DC: The National Academies Press.
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