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A female professor was found responsible for sexual harassment – what can happen to the signatories of a letter in support of her?
The New York Times article reported a female professor at New York University was found to be responsible for sexual harassment of a male student.
There's a letter of support for this professor, sent ...
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Should I take threats from a former professor seriously?
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A member of my MA thesis committee, for whom I was also a GA (graduate assistant), threatened me several times while I was still in my masters program (last year). For example, she ...
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What should be done about a professor who treats foreign students worse than domestic students?
My school and my department has a lot of undergraduate students from China. When I took this instructor's class, he routinely
pressured the foreign students to answer questions about their home ...
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Should professors intervene if a student is wearing offensive clothing in their classroom?
A question about university dress codes reminded me of an incident that happened when I was an undergrad, in which a classmate came to school wearing a really offensive and misogynistic t-shirt.
I ...