U. of Illinois at Chicago Will Pay Nearly $700,000 in Settlement With Former Chicago State U. Provost
By Terry NguyenFebruary 4, 2019
The U. of Illinois at Chicago has settled with a former Chicago State U. official after she sued the university for publicly discussing her student work.U. of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago will settle with a former Chicago State University provost for $694,363 after she sued the institution for discussing her academic history publicly when she was accused of plagiarism, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Monday.
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The U. of Illinois at Chicago has settled with a former Chicago State U. official after she sued the university for publicly discussing her student work.U. of Illinois at Chicago
The University of Illinois at Chicago will settle with a former Chicago State University provost for $694,363 after she sued the institution for discussing her academic history publicly when she was accused of plagiarism, the Chicago Sun-Times reported on Monday.
Angela Henderson, who left Chicago State in 2018, earned a doctorate in nursing at the University of Illinois at Chicago. She was accused of plagiarizing her dissertation by a Chicago State professor when she was appointed interim provost, in December 2013.
Henderson was cleared of those allegations nearly a year later by an independent hearing officer hired by the University of Illinois at Chicago. But in July 2014 she sued the university, accusing it of violating the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act by disclosing the complaint about her dissertation to the news media.
Under federal law, colleges and universities are prohibited from releasing information about a student’s educational record, which is considered private information, without explicit permission. The university’s vice chancellor for academic affairs also resigned weeks after Henderson filed the lawsuit, which named several administrators, the Sun-Times reported.
Her settlement with the university will cover potential lost future earnings, emotional distress, and legal fees.
The university did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
