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Yale fulfills vow on sex-misconduct report

Making good on a promise to be more open about its handling of sexual misconduct, Yale University [1] has released its first report [2] describing the complaints that were made and how they were handled, the New York Times reports. The report, released Tuesday evening and covering the period from July 1 to the end of 2011, lists 52 allegations of misconduct by students or employees, ranging from harassing remarks to rape. None of the people involved were identified, following the university’s policy of keeping the cases confidential. The new transparency is part of an overhaul of Yale’s system for dealing with such complaints, adopted last year in the face of criticism of the way it had dealt with some cases [3], particularly those involving members and pledges of the Delta Kappa Epsilon fraternity…

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