<p>Let’s not forget that it’s not just one person accusing Lewin of sexual harassment (from the story in The Tech):
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<p>The committee that investigated, lead by the (male) head of the physics department, found that Lewin had violated MIT’s policy on sexual harassment, which is [here](<a href=“http://web.mit.edu/policies/9/9.5.html]here[/url]:”>http://web.mit.edu/policies/9/9.5.html):</a>
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<p>If I had to guess, I’d guess that a) it would have to be pretty bad for somebody to go to the trouble of reporting to MIT; b) it would have to be pretty bad to be found to violate that policy (i.e., “Hey sugar, how ya doin’,” while obnoxious, does not seem to rise to the level of violating that policy), and c) it’s generally considered an ethical violation for a professor (who is in a position of power) to merely flirt with or date a student consensually, let alone non-consensually, and most people in academia are pretty clear on that point.</p>
<p>EDIT: Also, they stripped him of his professor emeritus status – it’s not just the EdX stuff. Whether or not more information is ever released, I will bet so much money that it’s Real Bad. </p>