"Academic harassment" refers to "the use of power to harass in academic and research situations."

In efforts to deal with sexual harassment, we have become cognizant that there are serious offenses other than sexual speech and conduct which occur in research and educational settings-in the carrying out of research and in teaching and guidance. This is academic harassment, and it includes denying a student a research topic, refusing to give guidance to students, interfering in research activities, assigning grades unequally, withholding important information, spreading negative and damaging rumors, giving loud reprimand for missed details, and any other actions that constitute an infringement of the right to receive education, the right to conduct education and research, or the right to work. These actions occur in contexts in which the one who is guiding abuses his or her power over the one being guided, and in power relationships between and among research collaborators.

When someone is robbed of the chance to live up to their full potential, that person is unable to produce the results intended, evaluations of their capabilities decline, and it is easy for others to misinterpret this as a fault in that person. And in many cases, the person being harassed becomes isolated.

Many cases of academic harassment are abetted by complicit subordinates and colleagues who either cooperate or keep their silence while those with considerable authority are known to be abusing their power. One could even say that academic harassment could not exist without these "passive collaborators." When harassment ensues, people choose not to become "passive collaborators."

“學術騷擾”是指“利用權力在學術和研究情境中進行騷擾”。

在處理性騷擾的努力中，我們已經(jīng)認識到，在研究和教育環(huán)境中——在開展研究以及在教學和指導中——除了性言論和行為之外，還有其他嚴重的違法行為。這是學術騷擾，包括拒絕給學生一個研究課題，拒絕給學生指導，干涉研究活動，不公平地分配分數(shù)，隱瞞重要信息，散布負面和破壞性的謠言，對遺漏的細節(jié)大聲訓斥，以及任何其他侵犯受教育權、教育研究權、勞動權的行為。這些行為發(fā)生在指導者濫用其對被指導者的權力的情況下，以及研究合作者之間的權力關系中。

當一個人被剝奪了充分發(fā)揮潛力的機會時，這個人就無法產(chǎn)生預期的結果，對自己能力的評價下降，其他人很容易將此誤解為這個人的錯誤。在許多情況下，被騷擾的人變得孤立無援。

許多學術騷擾案件是由共謀的下屬和同事教唆的，他們要么合作，要么保持沉默，而眾所周知，那些擁有相當大權力的人濫用職權。甚至可以說，沒有這些“被動合作者”，學術騷擾就不可能存在。當騷擾接踵而至時，人們選擇不成為“被動合作者”。