The Chronicle of Higher Education

Academic Therapists

Hoping to avoid lawsuits and rancor, more colleges use conflict-resolution experts

By PIPER FOGG

Have you heard the one about the airline pilot who, by accident, announces his longing for a certain flight attendant over a plane's loudspeaker? Well, when a young female assistant professor heard it from a male colleague a few years ago, she didn't think it was funny.

She filed a complaint...

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