Legislation on its way to Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis’s desk goes further than any yet proposed in banning certain race- and gender-related lessons and diversity trainings in K-12 schools. The legislation allows Floridians to sue if teachers violate its prohibitions on certain kinds of instruction. What’s more, the state’s public colleges and universities could find […]
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A university s decision to offer a much younger professor a program director position did not prove another professor s age discrimination claim, the 2nd U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals ruled (
Connecticut s Fairfield University decided not to renew a professor s appointment as director of its pre-law advisory program. The professor sued, claiming age discrimination, after the university gave the position to a younger person.
The court noted that the only evidence of age discrimination the professor presented on was that her replacement was much younger. In his deposition, a decision maker described McEvoy as traditional and the pre-law program as antiquated. But the appeals court found these statements to point to perceived issues with the program rather than the professor s age.