University of Massachusetts investigating allegations Democrat Holyoke Mayor Alex Morse had sexual relationships with students

The University of Massachusetts is launching an investigation into allegations that Holyoke, Mass., Mayor Alex Morse (D), who is currently challenging Rep. Richard E. Neal (D-Mass) in a Democratic primary, had sexual relationships with students while teaching at the University of Massachusetts-Amherst.

Morse taught a course in Urban Government and Politics during multiple semesters over the course of five years. He most recently taught at the school during the fall semester in 2019.

He was accused by three groups of College Democrats this week of using his position to coerce students into sexual relationships, according to multiple reports. The groups disinvited him from future events.

The groups made the accusations in a letter first obtained by the Massachusetts Daily Collegian.

The university in a Saturday statement said that they launched the investigation to determine if Morse’s actions violated Title IX, which bans discrimination on the basis of sex.

“The university’s policy on consensual relationships between faculty and students notes that dating or sexual relationships between faculty and students or post-docs are inherently problematic because of the unequal power dynamic between the parties to the relationship, the responsibil... (Read more)

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