Dive Brief:
- More than 300 University of Delaware students and faculty held a rally Friday calling for the school to disclose more information about its sexual harassment policy in the wake of allegations against a professor.
- A sociology professor at the university, Eric Tranby, was accused by a female student in May of offering to give her an “A” in exchange for sex, the News Journal reported.
- The university’s provost of faculty affairs, Matthew Kinservick, said Tranby will formally resign at the end of the academic year, and that he is on administrative leave. But the university has not provided any other pertinent details on the case, including whether Tranby is on paid leave.
Dive Insight:
According to the accusing student, who is not identified by the News Journal, she never heard the outcome of her case against Tranby until she read about it in Thursday’s issue of the university’s student newspaper. She has graduated. In the student newspaper, the Review, the university’s provost, Domenico Grasso, said the case “was handled promptly and appropriately, with the sensitivity and clear communication with the student and her advocate.”