GENDER PAY GAP

Penn State reaches deal to pay $703k over gender pay discrimination allegations

Penn State University has agreed to pay more than $700,000 to resolve pay discrimination allegations against female…

By Braedann Adams '27
Oct 10, 2024

Self-described 'pioneer for women's education' sued for gender pay discrimination

Vassar College, founded in 1861 as a women's college, was sued on Aug. 30 by five professors who accuse the school …

By Emma Arns '26
Sep 25, 2023

ANALYSIS: 83 cents on the man’s dollar– Experts weigh in on what’s really behind the gender pay gap

'The much-touted gender pay gap is better thought of as a motherhood wage gap.'

By Shelby Kearns
Mar 16, 2023

Merit system is unjust because it rewards productive individuals, professors argue

Professors at top American universities are criticizing the merit system in academia, arguing the concept is a 'bar…

By Kate Anderson
Sep 8, 2021

Prof reaches $450,000 settlement over alleged gender pay gap

A professor filed a lawsuit against the University of Orgeon over an alleged gender pay gap within the psychology …

By Mckenna Dallmeyer '22
Aug 4, 2021

GMU hosts ‘Make Your Own Damn Sandwich’ feminist event

The meals were more than merely metaphorical, however, as the GMU Women and Gender Studies Program also provided br…

By Amber Athey
Apr 5, 2017