The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken down online lectures by a former faculty member after it determined he had sexually harassed a woman on the Internet,
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The Massachusetts Institute of Technology has taken down online lectures by a former faculty member after it determined he had sexually harassed a woman on the Internet, The Boston Globe reports. A woman who was participating in MITx, the institute’s online-learning platform, filed a complaint against Walter Lewin in October.
Mr. Lewin stopped teaching on the campus in 2008, and last taught an MITx course in 2013. The Globe could not reach him for comment on Monday night.
“Dr. Lewin had a long and distinguished career at MIT, and it is painful to learn of the behavior that necessitated this action,” said MIT’s provost, Martin A. Schmidt, in the institute’s announcement of its action. “However, complaints of harassment must be met immediately and squarely in all cases.”
As part of its investigation, the university looked into Mr. Lewin’s interactions with the female student, who was a member of one of his MITx classes, as well as other students.
