Assisting Student With Sexual Harassment Report Not Protected Under Title VII or First Amendment

The United States Court of Appeals for the Seventh Circuit rejected a professor’s claims that a university violated Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (“Title VII”) and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution when it allegedly denied tenure because she reported sexual harassment to the university on behalf of a student and discussed shortcomings of the university’s sexual harassment policy. The Court affirmed the dismissal of plaintiff’s Title VII claim.…