Tag: Discrimination: Page 54

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: LSU Police Major’s Discrimination Case Permitted for Trial

A Louisiana State University police major who was passed over for promotion to chief can pursue her gender discrimination and retaliation claims, a federal appeals court says.

June 9, 2013

Home

Former Yale Lecturer Called Suspect Settles Lawsuit

A former Yale University lecturer who was named as a suspect but never charged in the 1998 killing of a student has settled his lawsuit against the university and New Haven police, attorneys involved in the case and the university said Monday.

June 3, 2013

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Diverse Docket: A Former High-Level Administrator Loses Another Round in Race and Gender Discrimination Lawsuit

An African-American high-level administrator who lost his job at a Texas community college for sexual harassment has lost another round in his race and gender discrimination lawsuit.

May 27, 2013

Leadership & Policy

Suspect in FAMU Hazing Death Files Written Plea

The attorney for the last of the suspects charged in the death of a Florida A&M University drum major during a hazing ritual said his client didn’t have to appear for an arraignment Tuesday because he’d already entered a written not guilty plea.

May 21, 2013

Sports

Georgia College Sues Tennessee Agency Over Billboard

A private college in northwest Georgia is suing Tennessee’s higher education commission in a dispute over billboard advertising.

May 14, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Docket: Judge Rules Miami U. Did Not Discriminate in Tenure Case

Dr. Marvin Thrash claimed his department chair worked against his eligibility for tenure and refused to consider outside evaluators from HBCUs.

April 23, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Court Tosses Trump U’s Defamation Claims

A federal appeals court on Wednesday breathed new life into a lawsuit alleging that Donald Trump’s universityDonald Trump’s -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 DaysBiographies Plus News engages in deceptive business practices.

April 18, 2013

Students

Former Florida A&M Band Member Pleads No Contest in Hazing Death

A former Florida A&M University student faces a possible prison term after he pleaded no contest Tuesday to the felony hazing of a drum major who died.

April 16, 2013

Students

Virginia State SGA President Faces Hazing Charges

The president of the student government association at Virginia State University has been charged with hazing.

April 9, 2013

Disabilties

Diverse Docket: Judge Sides With Yale in Discrimination Suit

A federal judge in Connecticut has rejected race and gender discrimination claims by an African-American doctor who was terminated from Yale University’s obstetrics and gynecology residency program.

April 8, 2013

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Criticizes Southern’s Treatment of Faculty

A national organization of university professors is criticizing the way Southern University faculty members were treated immediately after the school declared a financial emergency nearly two years ago.

April 4, 2013

Sports

Diverse Docket: Basketball Player Loses Scholarship, Court Case

A former basketball player who lost her athletic scholarship for poor performance on the court has also lost a court case accusing Central Michigan University of discrimination because she is White and heterosexual.

April 1, 2013