Bullying in academia: “Anderson lost his temper and verbally berated employees at meetings, they said, and created a hostile work environment where employees, especially junior faculty, were fearful to speak their minds.” https://www.inquirer.com/education/temple-gregory-anderson-education-college-complaints-faculty-20210118.html

Sadly, academic bullying is far too common: 62% of higher education faculty/staff stated they’d been bullied or witness bullying vs. 37% in the general population.

And lots of bullying goes unreported because it’s protected by hierarchical structures.

Any call for compassion in education has to include a demand that bullying be stopped and that university leaders be held accountable for the harm they do. Any call to “start by trusting students” should include a call for institutions to also “start by trusting teachers.”