Two female music students at Boston University (BU) individually brought concerns about their male professor, a renowned
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Two female music students at Boston University (BU) individually brought concerns about their male professor, a renowned musician, to the attention of administrators in the BU College of Fine Arts. One student withdrew from BU apparently as a result of the professor’s conduct, but later met with a BU College of Fine Arts administrator, with whom she shared text messages she had received from the professor while a student at BU. The administrator replied that she should have asked the professor to stop sending those messages. The second student was referred by another professor to a different college administrator, who informed the student that the professor’s behavior constituted sexual harassment but blamed it on the professor’s “personality” and did not remove him as her instructor. The students filed a lawsuit that included claims against BU for negligent hiring, supervision, training, and retention. What questions might you have before deciding on these claims? Explain. See Shyr v. Boston University, 2017 U.S. Dist. LEXIS 37161 (D. Mass. March 13, 2017).
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