The Chronicle of Higher Education

Federal Jury Orders U. of Pittsburgh to Pay $350,000 in Reverse-Bias Lawsuit

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

A federal jury on Thursday found the University of Pittsburgh guilty of reverse discrimination for denying a male faculty member tenure in 1995 and ordered the institution to pay him $350,000 in compensatory damages.

A day after the jury's verdict, Pittsburgh reached a confidential agreement with the former faculty member, John...

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