Tag: Gender discrimination

Campus Climate

Investigation Finds History of Race/Gender-Related Issues at Manchester Community College

A six-month investigation into allegations of discrimination against Black and female employees at Manchester Community College (MCC) has found a “history of culture/climate issues with racial undertones,” Hartford Courant reported. The investigation was done by Nicholas D’Agostino, director of equal employment opportunity for Connecticut State Colleges and Universities. “There is sufficient evidence to suggest that […]

June 29, 2021

COVID-19

Officials and Advocates Seek to Halt Title IX Rule Changes Amid COVID-19 Disruptions

Three Senators joined 18 state attorneys general and a leading academic association to urge the Department of Education and the Office of Management and Budget to suspend changes to Title IX rules on dating violence, domestic abuse and stalking. Citing the closures of schools and colleges around the country due to the COVID-19 pandemic and […]

April 6, 2020

News Roundup

University of Arizona Professor Settles Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

A University of Arizona (UA) professor settled a $20 million gender discrimination lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents, the Associated Press reported. As a result, the associate professor of chemistry and biochemistry, Dr. Katrina Miranda, will collect $100,000 from the board. In addition, she will continue her role at the school. Filed in December […]

December 19, 2019

News Roundup

Faculty Rally Around Female Professor in Pay Discrimination Case

The American Association of University Professors filed an amicus brief supporting Dr. Jennifer Freyd, a psychology professor who sued the University of Oregon for paying her less than male faculty members in her department. A district court previously ruled against her, concluding that she didn’t perform work equal to her male colleagues because of differences […]

October 3, 2019

Home

Tenure Denial, Work Climate Spark Growing Bias Complaints By Women and Minority Faculty

Associate professor Dr. Patricia Young is trying to resuscitate an academic career that she said has flatlined at the University of Maryland Baltimore County, and she has filed a discrimination complaint against the school alleging a pattern of being denied resources, promotion and career mobility on the basis of her race and gender.

November 19, 2018

News Roundup

Tokyo Medical University Accused of Bias Against Female Applicants

Tokyo Medical University (TMU) is being investigated after allegations that the institution systematically discriminated against female applications on grounds that women tend to leave the medical field after starting families, leading to staff shortages. The Yomiuri, a Japanese newspaper, said TMU has altered the scores on female applicants’ entrance exams since 2011 in efforts to […]

August 3, 2018

News Roundup

Civil Rights Investigation Into Northwest College Concludes

CODY, Wyo. — Northwest College in northern Wyoming has agreed to implement a number of policy revisions and changes as a result of a pair of federal civil rights investigations. The Cody Enterprise reports the U.S. Department of Education’s Office of Civil Rights recently concluded its investigations stemming from a 2016 complaint alleging the school […]

May 15, 2018