article_snippet: University Provost John Etchemendy University Provost John Etchemendy sent a letter to faculty members highlighting what University Provost John Etchemendy called 'troubling allegations' that stem from 'a smattering of concerns from a number of winter courses,' the San Jose Mercury News reported Friday.
article_snippet: University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin declined to discuss details with the newspaper, such as the course or grade level of the students, but University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said such concerns are routine.
article_snippet: University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said that Etchemendy's note underscored the need for faculty members to be clear with faculty members students about expectations at Stanford, which prides itself as being one of the world's leading teaching and research universities.
article_snippet: We have a lot of classes and a lot of students,' University spokeswoman Lisa Lapin said. '
article_snippet: It's not unusual to have a handful of concerns raised every term.'
highlights_snippet: Faculty members and administrators of the prestigious institution have been put on alert .
  
highlights_snippet: University Provost John Etchemendy sent a letter to faculty members highlighting what University Provost John Etchemendy called 'troubling allegations'
  
highlights_snippet: Those stem from 'a smattering of concerns from a number of winter courses' 