Oregon lawmakers call for oversight of how universities handle sexual and racial harassment complaints on campuses
Updated May 05, 2021;
Posted May 05, 2021
A bipartisan group of Oregon lawmakers have proposed a Senate resolution that would establish an eight-member Joint Committee on Respectful and Safe University Campuses.
March 3, 2021 Beth Nakamura/StaffThe Oregonian
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A bipartisan group of state lawmakers spoke out Wednesday on the need to hold Oregon universities accountable for their handling of sexual or racial harassment complaints on their campuses.
They’ve proposed a Senate resolution that would establish an eight-member Joint Committee on Respectful and Safe University Campuses.
The oversight committee would hold public hearings with the power to subpoena witnesses and documents to study policies, practices and the culture of public higher education campuses and work to prevent and respond to allegations of sexual and racial harassment, discrimina
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OHSU president pledges outside review of campus response to sexual misconduct in wake of TikTok Doc suit
Updated Mar 11, 2021;
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filed against the school and former anesthesiology resident
, defending its handling of the claims last year in part by arguing the woman involved wasn’t a student or employee.
OHSU President Dr. Danny Jacobs separately Wednesday sent a message to students, staff and faculty, saying he had heard their call for change and pledged to hire a national expert to “investigate, analyze and review OHSU’s environment, our practices, policies and procedures and their effectiveness in preventing and properly addressing discrimination, harassment and retaliation at our university.”