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Female professors sue Vassar, alleging pay discrimination
- Five female professors at Vassar College have filed a federal lawsuit claiming gender pay discrimination. The professors allege that the college has long underpaid its female faculty, with a widening gender pay gap over time. They are seeking back wages, damages, and benefits in an amount to be determined at trial.
- The lawsuit accuses Vassar College of a pattern of pay discrimination against female professors. It claims that women professors at Vassar have tried to address the gender pay gap discreetly and collaboratively for 15 years, but the college has ignored the issue and decreased transparency to mask the disparities.
- Supporters of the class action lawsuit affirm a pattern of pay discrimination at Vassar and express support for the professors. The lawsuit highlights other inequitable practices at the college, including differences in starting salaries, biased merit ratings, and a discriminatory promotion system for women professors.
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5 Vassar College professors file class action lawsuit claiming pay inequities for women
POUGHKEEPSIE, N.Y. — Despite claiming to have played “a storied role in the movement for gender equality,” Vassar College underpays its women professors, according to a federal lawsuit filed Wednesday. The 25-page complaint was filed in U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York on behalf of professors Wendy Graham, Maria Höhn, Mia Mask, Cindy Schwarz and Debra Zeifman, both individually and on behalf of the college’s other female…
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