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Chronicle of Higher Education: Vassar Professors Sue Over Gender Pay Gap, Claiming Discrimination Against Women on the Faculty

August 30. 2023


The Chronicle of Higher Education interviewed ERA Legal Director Melvina Ford about our lawsuit against Vassar College over pay discrimination against women professors. (To bypass the paywall, click here.)

Vassar’s status as a historic women’s institution that “as a part of its values has expressed the importance of equity between women and men” makes this particular suit noteworthy, said Melvina Ford, the national legal director at Equal Rights Advocates, which is serving as co-counsel for the plaintiffs in the Vassar case.

Read the article on Chronicle’s website, or via PDF.

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