How Weak Leadership Enables Campus Scandals - Commentary

Donald E. Heller, retired provost and vice president for academic affairs at the University of San Francisco (CA), writes:  In recent years several well-known universities have been at the center of horrific acts perpetrated by employees that have harmed students, tarnished institutional reputations, and resulted in millions of dollars in expenses and settlements. In every one of the cases, complaints — either formal or informal — had been filed by victims or other employees of the institution who had raised questions about the behavior of the perpetrators. But in every case the problems continued for years, and in some cases decades, before the universities took action to deal with them and truly listen to the victims.