LOS ANGELES - Two hundred professors at one of California's top universities on Tuesday demanded the resignation of the school's president over a widening sexual abuse scandal involving a campus gynecologist. Max) Nikias's failure to protect our students, our staff and our colleagues from repeated and pervasive sexual harassment and misconduct." "USC kept a physician in a position of power and trust who abused that power and trust to sexually assault and degrade women students, targeting for abuse the most vulnerable international and minority students," the letter says. So far, six women have filed lawsuits against the university and Tyndall, with more expected to follow. She said the scandal was sure to affect the university's reputation and possibly enrolment, especially among international students who make up 25 percent of the 45,500 students.

Source: Bangkok Post May 23, 2018 00:22 UTC