Editing Ohio State University (section)

=== Sexual harassment handling ===
{{Further|Ohio State University abuse scandal}}
In June 2018, Ohio State dissolved its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit and eliminated four positions in the unit due to concerns about mismanagement and a lack of support for survivors of sexual assault.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://msmagazine.com/blog/2018/07/09/ohio-state-universitys-sexual-misconduct-unit-dissolved-wake-harrowing-claims-survivors/|title=The Ohio State University's Sexual Misconduct Unit Dissolved in the Wake of Harrowing Claims From Survivors|website=msmagazine.com|date=July 9, 2018 |access-date=July 20, 2018}}</ref> This occurred after the unit was suspended in February 2018 and following an external review.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State dissolves Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-us|archive-date=July 20, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180720225558/https://news.osu.edu/ohio-state-dissolves-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> ''The Columbus Dispatch'' and the school newspaper, ''The Lantern'', reported that "[SCE] failed to properly report students' sexual-assault complaints" and that some victims were told that they were {{"'}}lying', 'delusional', 'suffering from mental illness', 'have an active imagination', that they 'didn't understand their own experience', and also 'fabricated their story{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.dispatch.com/news/20180619/ohio-state-closes-sexual-assault-center-fires-4-after-complaints|title=Ohio State closes sexual-assault center, fires 4 after complaints|last=Smola|first=Jennifer|work=The Columbus Dispatch|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|title=Ohio State shuts down its Sexual Civility and Empowerment unit|work=The Lantern|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.thelantern.com/2018/06/ohio-state-shutting-down-sexual-civility-and-empowerment-unit/|url-status=live}}</ref> With help from the Philadelphia law firm [[Cozen O'Connor]], the university will be creating{{when|date=July 2024}} a new framework to handle sexual assault cases and reevaluating its [[Title IX]] program.

On July 20, 2018, ''[[BBC News]]'' reported that over 100 male students, including athletes from 14 sports, had reported sexual misconduct by a deceased university team physician, Richard Strauss.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|title=Ohio State doctor 'abused 177 athletes'|date=May 18, 2019|work=[[BBC News]]|access-date=May 18, 2019|language=en-GB|archive-date=July 19, 2024|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240719022209/https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-48319878|url-status=live}}</ref> The reports dated back to 1978, and included claims that he groped and took nude photographs of his patients. Four former wrestlers filed a lawsuit against Ohio State for ignoring complaints of "rampant sexual misconduct" by Strauss. U.S. representative Jim Jordan was named in the lawsuit and has since denied the former wrestlers' claims that he knew about the abuse while he was an assistant coach for eight years at the university.<ref>{{Cite magazine|url=https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|title=Rep. Jim Jordan Is Named in New OSU Sexual Abuse Lawsuit|last=Moser|first=Bob|date=July 18, 2018|magazine=Rolling Stone|access-date=July 20, 2018|language=en-US|archive-date=March 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210316140814/https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/jim-jordan-ohio-state-700578/|url-status=live}}</ref>{{Better source needed|date=October 2021|reason=Rolling Stone is not reliable for political topics.}} In May 2020, the university entered into a settlement and agreed to pay $40.9 million to the sexual abuse survivors.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Redden |first1=Elizabeth |title=Ohio State Pays $40.9M in Sexual Abuse Settlement |url=https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |access-date=May 11, 2020 |publisher=Inside Higher Ed |date=May 11, 2020 |language=en |archive-date=August 29, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230829125028/https://www.insidehighered.com/quicktakes/2020/05/11/ohio-state-pays-409m-sexual-abuse-settlement |url-status=live }}</ref>