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Rutgers defends Penn scholar accused of fostering a ‘hypersexualized and racially insensitive climate’

Marybeth Gasman, a nationally known scholar and expert on historically black colleges, was accused in 2017 by former assistants of talking about her sex life and those of her staff and students at both work and in center group texts. In December 2018, she announced she was leaving Penn for Rutgers.

Marybeth Gasman, a scholar who specializes in minority serving institutions, recently left Penn and went to Rutgers. She was a professor of education at Penn in the Graduate School of Education and directed the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.
Marybeth Gasman, a scholar who specializes in minority serving institutions, recently left Penn and went to Rutgers. She was a professor of education at Penn in the Graduate School of Education and directed the Penn Center for Minority Serving Institutions.Read more