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Business School at Indiana University of Pennsylvania Hit with 5 Recent Suits.

Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News, May, 2004

By Paula Reed Ward, Pittsburgh Post-Gazette Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News

May 3--State System of Higher of Education officials say five civil rights lawsuits filed against Indiana University of Pennsylvania over the past four years is no big deal.

All large institutions will eventually be targeted, they say, especially in today's litigious society. And with 1,700 employees, IUP is no exception.

But the claims have all come from faculty members within IUP's Eberly College of Business, which has 62 professors. Several professors said they wondered how much had to be paid out before something would change.

Two suits alleging gender discrimination within the college have been settled, costing the school more than $415,000....

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