Universities and colleges should have policies broad enough
to cover both
In July 2019, Claudine Gay, dean of Harvard's Faculty of
Arts and Sciences, advised that Professor of Economics, Roland G.
Fryer Jr., had been placed on administrative leave for two years,
to be followed by two years of supervised probationary return to
academic engagements. This disciplinary action was imposed after an
investigation by Harvard's Office of Dispute Resolution
concluded that Professor Fryer had "engaged in unwelcome
sexual conduct toward several individuals, resulting in the
creation of a hostile work environment over the course of several
years" within Professor Fryer's Education Innovation
Laboratory ("EdLabs").1 The Office of Dispute
Resolution also documented behaviour that was not sexual
harassment, but that was determined to violate the Faculty of Arts
and Sciences' Professional Conduct Policy.
