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Professor at the University of Iowa who is paid but not taught after accusations of harassment

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CITY OF IOWA – A speaker at the University of Iowa who earns $ 83,100 a year will not teach this fall as planned after accusations led to a police warning, a six-month ban on the campus recreation center and a shameful campaign that began on the average social networks.

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Jeffrey B Nock, hired in 2012 as an adjunct professor at the Henry B. Tippie Business School, received a warning for illegal rape and harassment by UI police on April 25 after receiving reports that he was taking pictures of women who worked at the UI Campus Recreation and Wellness Center. Those reports did not result in charges.

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But they led to a ban on all campus recreational buildings for six months, according to UI spokesperson Hayley Bruce.

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Weeks Later From that incident, the university offered an additional $ 20,776 on May 10 to teach a summer entrepreneurship course and lead the summer acceleration program. A few weeks later, on May 29, the university offered to extend Nock's previous three-year contract for another three years, from August 2018 to May 2021, beginning with an autumn entrepreneurship course, Managing the Growth Business.

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But Nock He is not teaching that course this fall. On the other hand, David Hensley, his supervisor and executive director of the John Pappajohn Business Center, is teaching it, according to the online courses catalog of the university.

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The university confirmed the reassignment but did not explain a reason for the change.

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When Asked what Nock would do this fall, Bruce pointed to the job description for teachers, which states "the ability to perform administrative and / or service functions."

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Bruce said that the UI police investigation of the incident is "inactive" since a warning in itself has no legal consequences. If violated, however, the investigation would be active again.

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ARTICLE CONTINUES DOWN WITH PUBLICITY

Nock's lawyer, Leon Spies, said his client is "fully cooperating with the university process and willing to put his skills back professionals to work so that he and the administration of the university consider it appropriate. "

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But some on campus they protest against Nock's continued employment with the UI. The campaign began in June with the creation of a Facebook page titled "Speak Out Against the University of Iowa and Jeffrey B. Nock."

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They also started to appear notices in the public places of the city demanding "FIRING THIS MAN!" On a photo of Nock. A woman was on campus with a card.

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Early This week, a larger group met on the T. Anne Cleary catwalk with signs calling for the university to "protect women, not predators." Then they marched to the office of President UI Bruce Harreld.

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"Keep this momentum, "said a post on Facebook.

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Officials of UI did not say whether the institution has or is conducting an internal review.

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Spies said that the UI's decision to replace its client in the classroom this fall "is somewhere between 'firing first and asking questions later' and offering a valuable employee the benefit of the doubt before the facts are found. "

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Also condemned the "defamatory accusations that are disseminated through social networks" and opposed the publication of a "non-criminal investigation of a confidential personnel matter".

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