Read the whole series: Academic Abuse: An Overdue Reckoning
Wisconsin State Journal higher ed reporter Kelly Meyerhofer explores several cases of academic abuse at UW-Madison in recent years and what it means for improving the system.
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A Wisconsin State Journal investigation identified nine employees who were accused of violating the university's policy against hostile and intimidating behavior in the last six years.
UW-Madison recommended the professor be monitored but most students couldn't recall that happening, calling into question the level of oversight applied.
At least two UW-Madison professors accused of hostile and intimidating behavior resigned amid the investigative process and now work for different institutions.
Despite UW-Madison confirming 30 allegations of abuse and bullying, the USDA lets the former professor run a lab out of the agency's Madison office.
"This is a real problem that we do have to wrestle with," said the deputy director for extramural research at the National Institutes of Health.