I blogged some months back about accusations of racial harassment and sexual harassment against Widener Professor Lawrence Connell and his suit against the university. The law school held a formal hearing on accusations against Connell, as well as several claims of retaliation. The panel hearing the case found that the complainants could not establish any of the charges grounded in racism or sexism, but did find that he had engaged in two acts of retaliation. The University has now announced very serious sanctions for those two retaliation charges, including a year unpaid leave, mandatory psychological counseling, a requirement that he acknowledge that he has violated the school discrimination and harassment code, and a requirement that he issue (and that the school approve) an apology.
The ommittee's extensive post-hearing report is here. The sanctions are here. Serious criticism of the school's handling of the case is here, here, here, and here.