News and Announcements
Announcements to the Rutgers Community
- Rutgers University's Second Annual Report Regarding Investigations of Sexual Harassment and Sexual Misconduct against Faculty, Staff, and Third Parties for Complaints Initiated July 1. 2019 - June 30, 2020 (November 2021)
- A message from the Presidents and Chancellors of the Association of American Universities regarding Principles on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Academia (October 2021)
- New Title IX Policy (August 14, 2020)
- Rutgers Policy on Consensual Relationships in Academic Settings Announcement (June 15, 2020)
- Innovative Peer-to-Peer Delivery of Sexual Assault Prevention and Awareness Program Could be Model for Colleges Nationwide (Rutgers-Camden, May 1, 2020)
- A Regional Discussion on Sexual Assault & Sexual Harassment at America's Colleges, Universities and Service Academies: Achieving Cultural Change Through Data & an Evaluation Mindset, University of New Mexico (February 6, 2020) - Video Recording
- Rutgers Academic Diversity & Inclusion Research Symposium, Moving Beyond Legal Compliance: Sexual Harassment Prevention and Culture Change. Thursday, April 2, 2020, 8:30 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. at the New Brunswick Theological Seminary, New Brunswick (January 2020)
- Expanding Services, Research, and Support to Confront Sexual Misconduct (September 9, 2019)
- Report of the Rutgers University Committee on Sexual Harassment Prevention and Culture Change (May 14, 2019)
Related News
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New Publication on Exploring Sanctions and Early Interventions for Faculty Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Sexual harassment by faculty is a widespread problem in higher education, and research demonstrates that appropriate and effective institutional responses to the faculty members responsible 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. In a new paper by members of the Response Working Group of the Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education, the authors lay out the challenges and current landscape for how higher education deals with harassment by faculty members. They also draw attention to the need for research on available sanctions for faculty found responsible for sexual harassment or other early interventions for faculty accused of sexual harassment. The paper encourages institutions to continue the research agenda on the current challenges in higher education for responding to sexual harassment, with a focus on coordination, transparency, consistency, and correcting behavior through accountability. (October 2022)
- Public Comment on Department of Education's Proposed Title IX Rules. In a letter to the Department of Education, members of the Leadership and Advisory Group for the Action Collaborative shared relevant information from the National Academies consensus report on Sexual Harassment of Women and from the activities of the Action Collaborative to inform revisions to the proposed Title IX rules. (August 2022)
- Article: U.S. Proposes New Rules on Sexual Assault and Discrimination. The proposed regulations will advance Title IX's goal of ensuring that no person experiences sex discrimination, sex-based harassment, or sexual violence in education. The proposed rule also expands protections for LGBTQ students. Additional information on the proposed rule, including a summary with background information and a fact sheet, is available here. (June 2022)
- Article: Evaluating Efforts to Address Campus Sexual Violence (CSV): Developing a Data Ecosystem. Many institutions depend on climate survey data for information about the status of CSV on their campus, but some scholars argue that connecting multiple data sources across campus can provide a more accurate, rich, and meaningful assessment of the issue. In this article, previous Summit speakers Drs. Sarah McMahon, Julia Cusano, and colleagues describe one multi-campus university’s experience with designing and implementing a “data ecosystem” and share lessons learned. (March 2022)
- Article: From DARVO to Distress: College Women’s Contact with their Perpetrators after Sexual Assault. When college women experience sexual violence and report it, their perpetrator is infrequently expulsed and usually continues to attend school along with those harmed. In this study, Advisory Group member Dr. Jennifer Freyd and colleague find that college women who are victims of sexual violence have harmful experiences that extend beyond the discrete incident of assault; the authors encourage universities to consider the ongoing effects on mental, physical, and academic health. (March 2022)
- US Senate passed the Ending Forced Arbitration of Sexual Assault and Sexual Harassment Act of 2021. If signed by President Biden, this legislation will prohibit public and private sector employers from relying on mandatory arbitration agreements to force disputes relating to allegations of sexual harassment into arbitration as opposed to proceeding in court. Of note, in order to gain broad bipartisan support, the bill omitted gender harassment (which research shows is the most prevalent form of sexual harassment) and other forms of discrimination.
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Women in the Workplace. Download the pdf report that details the findings of a large study by LeanIn.Org and McKinsey & Company on the state of women in corporate America. With over 750 companies participating, the findings focus on the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic and “the growing emphasis on diversity, equity and inclusion on the experiences of women and state of work more broadly.” The study found that the representation of women has improved but is being impacted by the pandemic, that the work of women leaders is going unrewarded and unrecognized, and that the day-to-day experiences of women of color are not improving.
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Workplace Incivility Harms Marginalized Employees More Than Others. This article describes recent research by Dr. Sandy Hershcovis and Advisory Group members Drs. Lilia Cortina and Kathryn Clancy on how people respond to workplace incivility. It details which responses mitigate the harm and which can make the harm much worse. It then provides suggestions for how employers can curb incivility and prevent their employees from suffering physiological harm using these research findings. (September 20, 2021)
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NASEM – Sexual Harassment Collaborative Repository - This repository contains descriptions of the most significant, innovative actions that each member institution has taken towards targeted, collective action on addressing and preventing sexual harassment across all disciplines and among all people in higher education. All members have committed to sharing such descriptions annually.
- The Academic Sexual Misconduct Database was initiated in February 2016 through volunteer efforts. All cases are publicly available.
- The Department of Education released new guidance on the Title IX Regulations on Sexual Harassment. The guidance is provided in a “Question and Answer” format. (July 20, 2021)
- Quantifying the Financial Costs of Workplace Sexual Harassment: a new report by the Institute for Women’s Policy Research and the Time’s Up Foundation. This report aims to fill a gap in our knowledge about the economic costs of sexual harassment for the individual people who experience it. (July 2021)
- The Combatting Sexual Harassment in Science Act (H.R. 2695) expands research on the causes and consequences of sexual harassment in the STEM workforce as well as direct data to influence policy to reduce the negative impacts of sexual harassment. (May 17, 2021)
- The Governance of Complaints in UK Higher Education: Critically Examining ‘Remedies’ for Staff Sexual Misconduct (Sage Journals, April 16, 2021)
- Gender, Campus Sexual Violence, Cultural Betrayal, Institutional Betrayal, and Institutional Support in U.S. Ethnic Minority College Students: A Descriptive Study (Sage Journals, April 14, 2021)
- Commuter Students' Readiness to Help in Incidents of Campus Sexual Violence (Sage Journals, February 4, 2021)
- Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education Releases Repository of Work and Annual Report (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine (NASEM), October 2020)
- How to Detect and Dodge a Predatory Professor (Chronicle of Higher Education, September 9, 2018)
- Opinion: Use science to stop sexual harassment in higher education (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, August 2020)
- The Performance of “Antiracism” Curricula (New England Journal of Medicine, August 2020)
- Silence Comes at a Cost: Sexual Harassment Reporting in STEM (The Geological Society of America, August 2020)
- U.S. Department of Education Releases Final Title IX Rule (U.S. Department of Education, May 6, 2020)
- At This Texas Campus, Sexual Harassers Can Now Expect to Be Fired (The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 2, 2020)
- Changing Sexual Misconduct Policies at UT Austin (UT Austin, March 2, 2020)
- 'Abuse of power': should universities ban staff-student relationships? (The Guardian, UK, February 26, 2020)
- Changing the Culture to End Sexual Harassment: Working Group report to the Advisory Committee to the NIH Director (ACD) (December 2019)
- Anti-Sexual Harassment Training: Does it Work? (Gendereconomy.org, November 27, 2019)
- Harassment Can Drive People Out of the Academy. Here Are 3 Ways Colleges Can Fight Back (Chronicle of Higher Education, November 21, 2019)
- What You Need to Know about the Proposed Title IX Regulations (Chronicle of Higher Education, November 16, 2018)
- What’s Next for #MeToo? This College Might Have the Answer. (Vox.com, October 10, 2019)
- Sexual Harassment in NJ: Encouraging Victims to Speak Up (NJTV News, September 12, 2019)
- Rutgers Expands Support for Sexual Violence Victims (Rutgers Today, September 9, 2019)
- Since #MeToo, Colleges Crack Down on Romantic Relationships Between Professors and Students (Philadelphia Inquirer, June 19, 2019)
- Gender Harassment Can Mean "Death by a Thousand Cuts" for Women's Careers. Here's What Some Colleges Are Doing About It. (Chronicle of Higher Education, June 19, 2019)
- Texas Professors Could Be Criminally Charged if They Don’t Report Sexual Violence (Chronicle of Higher Education, May 23, 2019)
- Rutgers Will Bar Professors from Dating Students as Part of Sweeping Overhaul of Sexual Harassment Policy (NJ.com, May 14, 2019)
- Rutgers Joins National Collaborative to Reduce Sexual Harassment (Rutgers Today, May 10, 2019)
- National Academies Join Colleges and Universities to Launch Action Collaborative on Preventing Sexual Harassment in Higher Education (National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine, April 10, 2019)
- #MeToo Elicits More Harassment Conversations, but Not Necessarily Complaints (Governing, January 14, 2019)
2018
- Reforming How Colleges Handle Sexual Assault Cases (New York Times, December 11, 2018)
- Students Sound Off on New Federal Regulations on Campus Sexual Assault (NJTV News, November 19, 2018)
- Rutgers University Reverses Sex Harassment Policy (Mycentraljersey.com, October 5, 2018)
- Report Prompts Changes to Rutgers Sexual Harassment Policy (NJTV News, October 4, 2018)
- Rutgers President Scraps 2-Year Limit on Sexual-Misconduct Complaints (Chronicle of Higher Education, October 3, 2018)
- NSF Announces New Measures to Protect Research Community from Harassment (National Science Foundation, September 19, 2018)
- Sexual Harassment on Campus: Advice and Resources for Psychology Students on How Best to Prevent and Respond to Misconduct by Faculty and Others (APA, May 2018)