February 1, 2017
A campus committee is recommending major changes to how Cal investigates and disciplines faculty members accused of misconduct — from giving victims a greater say in the outcome to eliminating a "three-year rule" that set a time limit on sanctions against professors.
"It's a very confusing rule," social sciences Dean Carla Hesse, one of the committee heads, said in an interview Wednesday.
The report(link is external), posted online Tuesday, echoed common complaints about the lengthy and secretive process of disciplining faculty members for sexual misconduct violations — a process widely criticized by students as creating a double standard for professors.
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