Allegedly it’s a man’s world inside the University of Colorado – Boulder’s philosophy department, according to a report by the American Philosophical Association’s Committee on the Status of Women Site Visit Program.
Somehow, with a name like that, you know it’s not going to turn out well.
“The University of Colorado on Friday made public an independent investigation that found pervasive sexual harassment and bullying within the philosophy department, a report that has now led administrators to remove the chairman and suspend all graduate student admissions into the department until at least fall 2015,” the Daily Camera reports:
The committee’s report on the philosophy department cites 15 complaints made to CU’s Office of Discrimination and Harassment since 2007, and found that female members of the department are leaving or trying to leave at disproportionate rates after reportedly feeling anxious, depressed and demoralized. …
Many philosophy faculty members … acknowledged that problems existed, however they said they felt the report exaggerated the extent of the issues. …
The 15-page report, delivered to CU officials in late November, found:
Many instances of sexual harassment occurred while faculty and graduate students were socializing after hours, which often included heavy drinking.
CU’s philosophy department has a reputation among the international philosophical community of being extremely unfriendly to women.
Many members of the department reported working from home, dropping out of departmental life and avoiding socializing with colleagues because of the workplace environment.
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