Bill to Require Colleges To Report Harrassment

Apparently not – there have been quite a few cases in the news lately where profs who have harassed grad students have had several cases of harassment internally reported to the university, but the university has not taken substantial action. The students probably could file Title IX cases in some cases, but that does not necessarily end up punishing the prof. Plus, grad students are much more dependent than undergrads on the relationship with the prof they are doing research with – filing a Title IX lawsuit is pretty much the end of their academic careers. This legislation requires the college to report internal harassment cases to the federal funding organizations – and that hits the professors where it hurts. Colleges are notoriously poor at reporting any kind of incident on campus that reflects badly on the college (as are many institutions, like churches) – they have had to be dragged kicking and screaming to report assaults and crimes on campus.