When Equity Official Takes Anti-Gay Stance

by E Wayne Ross on May 5, 2008

Inside Higher Ed: When Equity Official Takes Anti-Gay Stance

At many colleges, human resources officials are leaders in promoting equity and diversity among those who study and work together. And while colleges periodically debate views of various officials that are seen as biased against various groups, it is highly unusual for the head HR official at a university to be the source of such a controversy.

But at the University of Toledo, a column in a local paper by Crystal Dixon, the associate vice president of human resources, has set off such a debate and resulted in her being placed on a paid leave, pending possible further action.