The Arizona Republic: Worker bias suit targets University of Phoenix
The Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sued the University of Phoenix, alleging religious discrimination against non-Mormon enrollment counselors.
The federal lawsuit, announced a day after the country’s largest private university signed on as the naming sponsor of Cardinals Stadium, says the company treated employees who were not members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints less favorably when it came to sharing recruiting leads on new students, tuition waivers and reprimands.
The Chronicle: Federal Agency Sues U. of Phoenix, Alleging Discrimination Against Non-Mormon Employees
A federal agency that enforces U.S. civil-rights laws sued the University of Phoenix this week, accusing the mammoth for-profit university of religious discrimination against non-Mormon employees who work as student recruiters.