University of Colorado to Pay $4.5M in Gender Equity Settlement to Female Faculty

The University of Colorado at Boulder will soon pay out millions of dollars to 386 female faculty members as part of a $4.5 million “gender equity” lawsuit agreement.

CRP News has reported that the suit argued that apparent disparities in faculty members’ salaries and other forms of compensation violated several state and federal laws, including Title VII of the 1964 Civil Rights Act, which prohibits “employment discrimination based on race, color, religion, sex and national origin.”

Read more at Campus Reform.