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Cornell faculty vote ‘no confidence’ in university leadership in wake of alleged gang rape
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The vote followed weeks of debate over whether Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff or other administrators handled the allegations properly and have done enough to combat campus sexual misconduct.
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The scandal stems from a former female Cornell student, who filed a civil lawsuit as Jane Doe in September, alleging that she was drugged, assaulted and gang raped by seven members of the Ivy League school's Chi Phi fraternity in 2024.
Cornell’s Faculty Senate voted 75-50 to express no confidence in senior administrators’ handling of the university’s sexual-assault crisis, following a lawsuit alleging a former student was drugged and gang-raped at a fraternity house in 2024.
The vote is largely symbolic but serves as a sharp rebuke of campus leadership’s handling of a rape allegation that put the university in the national spotlight.
Cornell University’s Faculty Senate has voted “no confidence” in the school’s leadership over its handling of sexual assault allegations on campus. The move Friday follows a former student’s lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity house in 2024.
By Gloria Pazmino, CNN (CNN) — Cornell University’s Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday expressing no confidence in the university’s central administration and in its president Michael Kotlikoff over the school’s handling of alleged sexual assault on campus.
Members of the Cornell University faculty senate on Friday issued a vote of no confidence on the administration’s ability to manage the response to an alleged sexual assault at a fraternity house in 2024, according to the university.
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution Friday declaring “no confidence” in the school's top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake of a former student's lawsuit saying she was gang raped at a fraternity party in 2024.
ITHACA, N.Y. (WSYR-TV) -- The faculty of Cornell University has voted "no confidence" in the administration of President Michael Kotlikoff over its handling of sexual assault allegations on campus. The Faculty Senate, which represents faculty members, approved the resolution with 56% support (75 out…
The Cornell University Faculty Senate on Friday passed a no-confidence vote against the university administration and President Michael Kotlikoff after allegations of gang rape at a campus fraternity roiled the country.
Faculty senate passed resolution expressing deep discontent with school’s response to alleged fraternity rape Cornell University’s faculty senate approved a resolution on Friday declaring “no confidence” in the school’s top leaders, a symbolic gesture reflecting deep discontent on campus in the wake…
Cornell University's Faculty Senate approved a resolution expressing no confidence in the university's administration, including Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff and other administrators.
The resolution passed 75-50, with five faculty senators abstaining and five others not voting, according to an email sent to Faculty Senate members on Friday afternoon.
The vote followed weeks of debate over whether Cornell President Michael Kotlikoff or other administrators handled the allegations properly and have done enough to combat campus sexual misconduct.
NEW YORK >> Cornell University’s faculty senate approved a resolution of no confidence today in the administration’s ability to handle what it has called a sexual assault crisis, after a former student sued the university for not protecting her from an alleged 2024 gang rape.
The university leadership has faced intense criticism for its handling of sexual crimes on campus since a former student filed a lawsuit saying she was drugged and raped at a fraternity house in October 2024.
Cornell University leaders have rejected a recent Faculty Senate vote of no confidence in the administration’s handling of claims of sexual assault at the Ivy League institution. The resolution had stated that “the Faculty Senate has no confidence in the ability of the central administration to effe…
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