But here is the insult added to injury: to read that very study, a non-affiliated individual would typically need to pay $39.95. In response, a coalition of scholars, librarians, and advocates has pushed for Open Access (OA) publishing. High-quality, free repositories now exist where one can legally find peer-reviewed literature on faculty bullying.
The data is stark. Studies suggest that anywhere from 30% to 70% of university professors have experienced some form of workplace bullying or mobbing (where a group targets an individual) during their careers. Yet, for the average person—or even a junior scholar trying to understand their own trauma—accessing the peer-reviewed evidence has been a cruel paradox: the very research documenting institutional cruelty is often locked behind expensive journal paywalls. read academic violence and bullying of faculty online free
For decades, the hallowed halls of academia have been portrayed as bastions of collegiality and reasoned debate. But a growing body of research tells a darker story: a silent epidemic of bullying, workplace violence, and psychological aggression directed at faculty members. But here is the insult added to injury:
By J. Morgan, Senior Education Correspondent The data is stark
As one tenured professor (who asked to remain anonymous) told this reporter: “Reading the free PDF of Leymann’s work on mobbing saved my life. I saw my department’s behavior laid out in clinical detail. I wasn’t crazy. I was a target.”
If you are a faculty member suffering in silence, or a student witnessing a professor being systematically destroyed, know this: the evidence is out there. It is free. It is legal. And it is a roadmap for what is broken—and perhaps, one day, for how to fix it.