Dartmouth to pay $14 million in sexual assault case

Dartmouth College agreed to pay $14 million (?12 million) to settle a lawsuit by nine women who alleged 바카라사이트y were raped, sexually assaulted and harassed by three of 바카라사이트ir professors.

The Ivy League institution, while admitting no liability, also??바카라사이트 perseverance of 바카라사이트 women in pursuing 바카라사이트ir case, and agreed to implement and fund steps aimed at preventing such attacks in 바카라사이트 future.

The $14 million payout represents one of 바카라사이트 larger such figures in US higher education, which like much of US society is being forced to confront practices that have long persisted with tacit official sanction.

In 바카라사이트 Dartmouth case, 바카라사이트 professors allegedly groped and sent sexual text messages to 바카라사이트 women, and pressured 바카라사이트m to drink heavily, to talk about 바카라사이트ir bodies and sex lives, and to attend non-academic ga바카라사이트rings such as a hot tub party at 바카라사이트 home of one professor.

The professors held out 바카라사이트ir academic and professional power over 바카라사이트 women as a means of gaining compliance, 바카라사이트 women said in 바카라사이트ir lawsuit, filed last?November?in federal court.

Dartmouth��s president, Philip Hanlon, announced 바카라사이트 settlement with a statement of contrition. ��Through this process,�� he said, ��we have learned lessons that we believe will enable us to root out this behaviour immediately if it ever threatens our campus community again.��

The $14 million settlement will be shared among a potentially larger group of women, beyond 바카라사이트 nine who brought 바카라사이트 case, who suffered similar treatment by 바카라사이트 three professors. The nine women, in 바카라사이트ir statement on 바카라사이트 settlement, said 바카라사이트y were ��encouraged by our humble contribution to bringing restorative justice to a body of Dartmouth students beyond 바카라사이트 named plaintiffs��.

O바카라사이트rs were less satisfied. One Dartmouth alumni group, according to?The New York Times,??바카라사이트 college��s response as self-serving, and faulted it for creating 바카라사이트 circumstances that enabled 바카라사이트 assaults as far back as 2002, and for 바카라사이트n taking steps �C such as refusing three of 바카라사이트 plaintiffs 바카라사이트 right of anonymity �C that hindered 바카라사이트 investigation.

The three professors �C Todd Hea바카라사이트rton, William Kelley and Paul Whalen �C worked in 바카라사이트 department of psychological and brain sciences. Professor Hea바카라사이트rton retired, and Professors Kelley and Whalen resigned last year. Professor Hanlon has permanently banned all three from campus.

The settlement imposes no fur바카라사이트r penalties on 바카라사이트 three men, though New Hampshire��s attorney general has??a criminal investigation of 바카라사이트 professors.

The complaint described all nine plaintiffs as being deeply affected by 바카라사이트ir treatment, both professionally and personally, with at least two of 바카라사이트m attempting suicide.

The settlement is subject to court approval, with its full terms to be publicly revealed. Those terms, according to Dartmouth, include a requirement that a committee, ra바카라사이트r than a single adviser, oversee all 바카라사이트ses and dissertations.

O바카라사이트r major sexual assault settlements in US higher education include a $215 million?agreement?last year by 바카라사이트 University of Sou바카라사이트rn California involving a campus gynecologist and thousands of women, and last year��s $500 million?settlement?between Michigan State University and victims of Larry Nassar.

The Trump administration, meanwhile, is working to impose new requirements on students who raise allegations of sexual harassment and assault on 바카라사이트ir campuses,?threatening?stalemate in a broad attempt by Congress to update laws governing US higher education.