All Entries in the "Discrimination" Category
Faculty Member Claims She Was Fired for Being Pregnant
Coty Richardson was an assistant professor of exercise science at Northwest Christian University in Eugene, Oregon. According to a lawsuit she filed, Richardson was fired when she became pregnant outside of marriage.
Federal Lawsuit Seeks Admissions Data by Gender at U.S. Service Academies
The American Civil Liberties Union and the Veterans Legal Services Clinic at Yale Law School have filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Defense on behalf of the Service Women’s Action Network.
Report Finds That Women In Science Face Widespread Gender Bias
A new report by researchers at the University of California’s Hastings College of Law finds that More than 90 percent of women scientists stated that they had been subjected to some form of gender bias. More than a third said they were victims of sexual harassment.
University Study Examines Female-Beauty Stereotyping in Employment Interviews
Previous studies have shown that women have difficulty in obtaining jobs in male-dominated fields, particularly when the interviewer considers the job applicant to have physical beauty. But a new study finds that women can offset this discrimination by acknowledging their attractiveness to the interviewer.
Protest Mounted Over Lack of Women Speakers at Theoretical Chemistry Conference
A distinguished group of women chemists have started an online protest at Change.org denouncing the lack of women speakers at the 15th Annual Congress of Quantum Chemistry to be held in June 2015 in Beijing, China.
Logan College of Chiropractic Settles Discrimination Complaint
A woman claimed that the college discriminated against her by not excusing her for pregnancy-related absences or allowing her to make up work that she had missed due to her pregnancy.
Woman Claims College Discriminated Against Her Due to Her Pregnancy
The woman claims that Logan College of Chiropractic discriminated against her by not excusing her for pregnancy-related absences or allowing her to make up work that she had missed due to her pregnancy.
Three Women Sue Carlow University Claiming Age Discrimination
Three former employees of Carlow University in Pittsburgh have filed a lawsuit claiming that they were the victims of age discrimination. The suit claims that the university particularly targeted older women when making personnel cuts.
Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education Is the Target of a Sexual Discrimination Complaint
The National Women’s Law Center has filed a sexual discrimination complaint alleging that the university system excludes pregnancy coverage from the health insurance benefits provided to their employees’ dependent children in violation of the Affordable Care Act.
University Study Finds That Women Who Wear Headscarfs Face Employment Discrimination
The researchers tracked whether the women were given a job application, interaction time with owners or managers, call backs for job interviews, and whether the women faced any outward hostility. The results showed that there was a negative result for women wearing headscarfs in all areas.
Study by the Woodstock Institute Finds Gender Dispartity in Home Loan Approvals
The institute found that when women were listed as the primary borrower and a man as the co-borrower on mortgage loans, the loans were 24 percent less likely to be approved than when men were listed as the primary borrower and women were the co-borrower.
Reports of Gender-Segregated Seating at a Debate at the University College of London
Event organizers said that they had provided a special section for Muslim women who chose to self-segregate by gender but there were reports that some single women were escorted out of the hall for not sitting in the assigned area.
Sexist Wristbands Distributed at Party Given by the MIT Media Lab
The wristbands had printed statements that many deemed offensive. Among the messages on the wristbands were, “That’s a nice dress. It would look great on my floor.”
Woman Wins Pregnancy Discrimination Case Against Wayne State University
The woman claimed that a supervisor at an internship gave her a bad review because she did not approve of the fact that she was an unmarried woman and was pregnant. The bad review prompted the school to drop her from the master’s degree program in social work.
Women Faculty Win $4.5 Million Settlement in Case Filed Against UMDNJ
The University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey in Newark entered into $4.5 million settlement with 10 women professors who had claimed they were paid less than their male counterparts.
University of Tennessee Faces Gender Discrimination Lawsuit
The suit, filed in federal district court, charges that the university’s strength and conditioning program for athletes “has created a testosterone wall effectively prohibiting women from earning equal pay.”
Seven Women Track Athletes at Mt. San Antonio College File a Sexual Harassment Lawsuit
The lawsuit alleges that the women were subjected to inappropriate touching and text messages and were subjected to unlawful retaliation after they complained of the inappropriate behavior.
Science Faculty Show a Bias Favoring Male Students
Science faculty were given identical job application materials except some had male names and some had female names. The ones with male names tended to be rated higher.
Cornell Cleared of Sexual Discrimination Charges
The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York has dismissed all charges leveled against Cornell University by a former employee who claimed she had been dismissed due to her gender.
ACLU Takes Aim at Single-Sex Educational Programs
The American Civil Liberties Union has released a preliminary report which shows that single-sex schools across the country are operating on theories that are unfounded in science and rooted in gender stereotypes.
Chapman University Agrees to Settle Sexual Discrimination Complaint
Lynn Hamrick, now a film producer based in Taos, New Mexico, claims she was denied tenure and a promotion to associate professor because she is a woman.
Study Finds Women and Minority Doctoral Candidates May Face Faculty Discrimination
Prospective doctoral students with Caucasian sounding male names were 26 percent more likely to be granted an interview than candidates with names that indicated they were minorities or women.
Penn Study Finds Gender Pay Gap at Wall Street Firms
A study by Janice Madden of the University of Pennsylvania found that women stockbrokers earned, on average, 20 percent less than their male counterparts.
ACLU Seeks to End Single-Sex Educational Programs in Public Schools
The ACLU states that if single-sex educational programs are not curtailed it will consider filing litigation to force states and local school districts to end these programs.
Butler University Resolves Title IX Compliance Review
Women made up nearly 60 percent of the undergraduate students at Butler University in Indianapolis. But women were only 36.5 percent of the university’s student athletes.
Appeals Court Reinstates a Gender Bias Case Filed Against the University of Oregon
A former doctoral students alleges that her dissertation adviser retaliated against her after she complained about gender discrimination against women doctoral students.
Three Women Win Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Filed Against Alabama State University
The women alleged that they were subjected to inappropriate comments about their bodies and clothes, were brushed up against in a narrow filing room, and were subjected to unwanted romantic advances.
Woman Files Sexual Harassment Lawsuit Against the University of Bridgeport
The suit alleges that the university responded to her claims of sexual harassment with “deliberate indifference.”
Office of Human Rights OKs Single-Sex Dorms at Catholic University of America
A faculty member filed a complaint claiming the policy was discriminatory.
New Web Site Ranks Graduate Philosophy Programs on Gender Equality
Site singles out Princeton, Rutgers, and NYU. But critics charge the rankings are flawed because current women graduate students at these universities were not consulted.
Jury Awards Woman $730,000 in Gender Discrimination Lawsuit Against Texas Southern University
Surina Dixon was fired in 2008 as head women’s basketball coach without ever coaching a game.
Recent Developments in Gender Discrimination Lawsuits Against Universities
A suit was filed against Old Dominion University and Boise State settled another case.
Iranian President Quashes Effort to Segregate Universities by Gender
Religious officials claimed that coeducation produces “moral corruption” and unneeded distractions but the president disagreed.
Two Women Win Damages in Sexual Discrimination Cases Against Higher Educational Institutions in Massachusetts
The University of Massachusetts and the Dana Farber Cancer Institute were ordered to pay damages.
Two Women File Suit Against Slippery Rock University
They claim they were victims of retaliation for speaking out against a male superior.
