NSF Receives Reports of 16 Cases of Alleged Harassment by Grantees in First Year of New Rules
Harassment is a serious and growing problem at U.S. universities. The latest survey by the Association of American Universities, a consortium of 62 leading research institutions, found that 13% of students reported being the target of “nonconsensual sexual contact,” with the rate for undergraduate women rising by three percentage points since the previous survey in 2015.