Inside Higher Ed: North Carolina and Coach Settle Sexual Harassment Suit
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill has settled a former female soccer player’s lawsuit alleging that the university’s high-profile women’s soccer coach harassed and sexually discriminated against her and that North Carolina officials failed to stop the behavior.
As part of the settlement, the university agreed to pay $385,000 to Melissa Jennings and to revise its sexual harassment policies and procedures after an independent review; Anson Dorrance, the coach, went further than he had before in acknowledging having engaged in “inappropriate and unacceptable” behavior by participating in “group discussions of … team members’ sexual activities.” Dorrance will face no punishment from the university.
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