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Virginia’s public colleges and universities may be able to ban anti-gay discrimination after all

Posted on March 11, 2010 by | Comments Off on Virginia’s public colleges and universities may be able to ban anti-gay discrimination after all

Inside Higher Ed: Reversal on Anti-Gay Bias

Virginia’s public colleges and universities may be able to ban anti-gay discrimination after all.

Days after the state’s attorney general told the institutions that they couldn’t ban discrimination against gay people, the governor said they could. Gov. Robert F. McDonnell’s announcement came amid growing student protests about the attorney general’s policy and strong statements by some college officials that suggested they would ignore the attorney general. Both McDonnell and the attorney general, Kenneth T. Cuccinelli II, are Republicans.

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Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

Posted on November 24, 2009 by | Comments Off on Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

AP: Va. Military Institute faces sexism accusations

LEXINGTON, Va. — Virginia Military Institute is defending itself against a lengthy investigation into accusations that the school’s policies are sexist and hostile toward female cadets, a dozen years after women won the right to enroll.

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Adelphi pays $300G to settle sex discrimination suit

Posted on March 27, 2009 by | Comments Off on Adelphi pays $300G to settle sex discrimination suit

Newsday: Adelphi pays $300G to settle sex discrimination suit

Adelphi University has agreed to salary hikes and payments totaling more than $300,000 to several female professors as part of a settlement of a federal gender discrimination lawsuit, the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission announced Tuesday.

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