Dive Brief:
- The University of Colorado at Boulder's philosophy department reported that it will start taking new students for its graduate degree program in the 2015-16 school year.
- The university had removed the department's chairman and, in December 2013, cut off admissions to its graduate program, responding to allegations of rampant sexual harassment and bullying.
- On Wednesday, the university said reforms began in November 2013 across 10 areas to address the department’s problems with discrimination, harassment, and a combative work culture.
Dive Insight:
In February, the university had released a report by the American Philosophical Association, which found in its investigation that the philosophy department had maintained an environment with sexual harassment and inappropriate sexualized behavior. In January, the school appointed Andy Cowell, a professor, as interim chair to enact the reforms and turn around the culture in the department. Cowell said in Wednesday’s press release from the university that the department’s progress in the 10 areas of reform had created a “new spirit of collegiality and common purpose.”