The
University
of
Michigan
recently
conducted
an
internal
investigation
into
sexual
harassment
in
Michigan
Medicine,
termed #MedToo, per the
recommendations of a 2018
National Academies study.
The National Academies
report investigated how
women
are
treated
in
science,
technology,
engineering
and
math
fields,
now
that
more
women
are
entering
historically
male-
dominated
spaces.
The
report
found
that
the
field
of
medicine
has
a higher rate of sexual
harassment
across
academic disciplines, with
female medical students
experiencing
sexual
harassment from faculty
and staff at a rate 220
percent higher than female
students in any non-STEM
field. The report concluded
by calling on universities
to examine the prevelance
of
sexual
harassment
within their own health
care institutions.
One of the Michigan
study’s
authors,
Dr.
Reshma Jagsi, is deputy
chair of radiation oncology
at
Michigan
Medicine
and also a co-founder of
the
national
movement,
Time’s
Up
Healthcare.
In
an
interview
with
The Daily, Jagsi recalled
initial conversations with
the Medical School deans
regarding the University’s
response to the national
study.
Jagsi explained to the
administration the risk of
being the first university
to
collect
and
publish
these results; because no
other
universities
had
conducted
investigations
following
the
National
Academies report, readers
may incorrectly assume
the issue is specific to
Michigan Medicine.
“When I talked to our
deans, Marschall Runge
and
Carol
Bradford,
they were so incredibly
supportive of this,” Jagsi
said.
Lieutenant
General
James Clapper, Lieutenant
General Michael K. Nagata
and Rep. Elissa Slotkin,
D-Lansing, participated in
a panel at the Ford School
of Public Policy Monday
night on national security,
public service and foreign
policy.
In an auditorium packed
with more than 200 people,
the
national
security
experts honored Veteran’s
Day
by
discussing
the
value of service and the
greatest
challenges
the
U.S.
national
security
apparatus faces today.
According to Lt. Gen.
Nagata,
his
decades
of
service had a profound
impact on the ways in
which
he
approached
policy challenges over the
course of his intelligence
career
at
the
National
Counterterrorism Center.
In
facing
constantly
changing
global
and
political dynamics, Nagata
says today’s intelligence
and elected officials should
modify the ways in which
they view the very concept
of service.
“How
I
defined
that
word, service, when I first
joined the military in 1981 is
not the same way in which
I view that word today,”
Nagata said. “My view of
that word now is much
larger. It’s subordinating
what
I
may
wish
for
personally, or what my
family and loved ones may
need, for a purpose that is
more important than me or
even my family.”
In an interview with
The
Daily,
Nagata
explained
changing
domestic politics — namely
political polarization and
increased partisanship —
have complicated public
servants’ ability to work
together
and
problem-
solve in order to respond to
shifting global dynamics.
“Our ability to do things
effectively internationally
requires
both
sides
of
the political spectrum of
the U.S. government to
find ways to compromise
enough that they can work
together,”
Nagata
said.
“Our ability to compromise
politically
has
been
steadily eroding for a very
long time.”
Both Nagata and Clapper
agreed that the current
political atmosphere has
also made the job of public
servants
difficult,
as
political pressures applied
by
the
president
and
other partisan forces have
attempted
to
politicize
the jobs of intelligence
officials.
“There’s always been an
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The
Senate
Advisory
Committee on University
Affairs
representatives
met
in
the
Fleming
Administrative
Building
to discuss University of
Michigan
funding
and
challenges
facing
the
University library system
and the University Press on
Monday afternoon.
James Hilton, University
librarian
and
dean
of
libraries,
and
Charles
Watkinson, director of the
U-M Press, both attended
the meeting to offer insights
and answer questions from
faculty representatives.
The
first
topic
of
discussion was open access,
or the ability for University
faculty and students to get
access to research materials
and e-books without facing
a paywall.
“The way that I think
people here have tended
to talk about open access
— and (the way) people in
library communities tend
to talk about open access
— is as almost a moral right
of readers to have access to
information,” Hilton said.
According
to
Hilton,
the
issue
of
copyrights
is related to open access.
Copyrights
can
often
hinder the ability of the
University to gain access to
potential library resources.
Hilton says the issue of
copyrights is something all
universities must contend
with in developing their
library systems, and one
that is more complex than
many would assume.
“Lots of people think
that the only things that
are
copywritten
are
things that are formally
published, or things that
you
attach
a
copyright
notice to, or something like
that,” Hilton said. “That is
not true. If I sit down right
now and take that piece
of paper and write some
new creative expression, it
is protected by copyright
from the moment that I
write it.”
Hilton also addressed a
recent push to enter into an
agreement with the other 13
Big Ten universities which
could reduce the costs of
publishing and purchasing
library
resources
like
e-books.
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Study finds medicine has higher rate of
sexual misbehavior than other fields
The Office of Institutional
Equity released two annual
reports related to faculty and
staff sexual misconduct and
prohibited
student
conduct
Monday. Both reports reveal
decreased numbers of sexual
misconduct claims submitted
to OIE.
Since 2013, OIE has published
annual
reports
on
student
sexual misconduct to disclose
information about how many
instances of sexual misconduct
are reported to the University
each year. Last year, OIE began
releasing an additional annual
report on instances of sexual
misconduct
perpetrated
by
faculty, staff and third parties.
The
University’s
sexual
misconduct policy, and OIE’s
handling of sexual misconduct
cases, have been under debate
for more than a year. This
past January, the University
amended its sexual misconduct
policy
to
incorporate
an
in-person hearing after the
U.S. Sixth Circuit Court of
Appeals ruled that a student
must be given an opportunity
to cross-examine the accuser.
The University has also spent
$1.6 million defending against
the Doe v. Baum lawsuit, which
alleges the University’s policies
violate due process of those
accused of sexual misconduct.
The report on prohibited
student conduct found that
between July 1, 2018 and June
30, 2019, OIE received 272
reports
of
actions
labelled
“prohibited conduct” — 126
of which were sexual assault
claims.
According
to
the
University Record, this is 23
fewer sexual assault claims
than were reported last year.
In total, the number of reports
decreased slightly from 277 last
year to 272 this year.
In October, the results of
a campus climate survey and
a Division of Public Safety
and
Security
report
found
differences in rates of sexual
misconduct
for
minority
students, women, members of
the LGBTQ+ community and
students with disabilities. The
DPSS report also noted the
number of reported on-campus
sexual assaults increased in
2018 from previous years.
In
the
report,
OIE
also
discusses
how
reports
were
addressed
and
offers
educational and preventative
measures to counter sexual
misconduct. Jeffery Frumkin,
associate
vice
provost
and
interim senior director of OIE,
told
the
University
Record
more information about how to
report instances of misconduct
have
changed
reporting
patterns in the past few years.
OIE releases two
reports on ‘U’
sexual misconduct
ADMINISTRATION
Disclosed information reveals decrease in
submitted claims from students, faculty
SACUA discusses challenges
facing U-M press, library system
Representatives also talk issues regarding University funding
University
investigates
harassment
in #MedToo
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University Librarian and Dean of Libraries James Hilton speaks about library open access at a SACUA meeting in the Fleming Administration Building Monday afternoon.
Lt. Generals, Rep. Stolkin discuss
military service, national security
Veterans analyze foreign policy, intelligence through lens of experiences
See MEDTOO, Page 3
OLIVIA CELL/Daily
U.S. Representative Elissa Slotkin (D-Lansing) answers audience questions on national security, service, and policy at an event held in Weill Hall Monday afternoon.
See VETERANS, Page 3
See OIE, Page 3
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JULIA RUBIN &
BEN ROSENFELD
Daily Staff Reporters
LIAT WEINSTEIN
Daily Staff Reporter
ABIGAIL TAKAS
Daily Staff Reporter
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