HIGHER EDUCATION BUBBLE UPDATE: Ex-Chicago State Administrator: I Was Pressured to File False Harassment Claim Against Faculty Critic. “A former high-level administrator at Chicago State University alleged in a statement filed yesterday in federal court that Chicago State President Wayne Watson pressured her to file a false sexual harassment complaint against Professor Philip Beverly, an outspoken faculty critic of Watson’s administration.”

One advantage of the punitive-but-vague harassment rules is that they’re excellent tools for the suppression of dissent. The only response is to punch back twice as hard, as an eminent Chicagoan has suggested.