- U-M fired Scott Piper, a tenured professor, the third in the past five years
- Officials declined to say why he was dismissed but a media report says an investigation showed that Piper violated UM’s sexual harassment policy
- One regent said it’s important to hold people accountable for “inappropriate behavior”
University of Michigan regents made a rare move Thursday when they unanimously voted in a special meeting to fire Scott Piper, a tenured professor in U-M’s School of Music, Theater and Dance.
Piper is only the third U-M professor to be stripped of his tenure in more than 60 years. Firing a professor with tenure involves a lengthy process.
“Professor Piper’s conduct substantially impairs the fulfillment of his responsibilities as a tenured faculty member at the University of Michigan and therefore constitutes cause for dismissal …” interim U-M President Domenico Grasso wrote in a memo to the Board of Regents…