"Harvard Professor Resigns Amid Allegations of Sexual Harassment," reports the NYT.

The professor, Jorge I. Domínguez, 72, was the subject of a Feb. 27 article in The Chronicle of Higher Education that reported that at least 10 women had accused him of sexual harassment. A subsequent article, published on Sunday, reported that additional women — including Harvard professors, students and staff members — had come forward alleging inappropriate behavior by Dr. Domínguez, bringing the total to 18....

Late Sunday evening, Michael D. Smith, the dean of Harvard’s Faculty of Arts and Sciences, sent an email to the university community announcing that Dr. Domínguez had been placed on leave while Harvard investigated the allegations. In a brief email to colleagues on Tuesday, Dr. Domínguez announced his resignation, which he described as his retirement, effective at the end of the semester.

That's a retirement, in my book. He gets his pension, doesn't he? I don't see why the press can stick the "resigns" label on him when he can take retirement. Nobody forced him out (and I'm sure if they did, they'd only force him into retirement).

I blogged about this controversy 2 days ago here, where I also participate substantially in the comments to say that the institution should be held to account for the decades of harm in tolerating and facilitating this behavior (assuming the allegations are true). A 72-year-old man retiring is nothing, and the NYT intensifying the consequence to "resigns" is some kind of stupid Harvard-coddling joke.