Rajender v. University of Minnesota
| Rajender v. University of Minnesota | |
|---|---|
| Court | United States District Court for the District of Minnesota |
| Full case name | Shyamala Rajender, et al. v. The University of Minnesota and the Regents of the University of Minnesota |
| Decided | July 24, 1982 |
| Docket nos. | Civ. No. 4-73-435 |
| Citation | 546 F. Supp. 158 |
| Case history | |
| Subsequent actions | 563 F. Supp. 401 (D. Minn. 1983), judgment rev'd in part, vacated in part, 730 F.2d 1110 (8th Cir. 1984). |
| Court membership | |
| Judge sitting | Miles Lord |
Rajender v. University of Minnesota was a landmark class action lawsuit dealing with sexual discrimination at an American university.[1] The case was filed on September 5, 1973, by Shyamala Rajender, an assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Minnesota.[2] Rajender accused the university of engaging in employment discrimination on the basis of sex and national origin after she was turned down for a tenure-track position despite being recommended for the position by several university committees.[3] The suit was certified as a class action by the United States District Court for the District of Minnesota on February 13, 1978.[4] After eleven weeks of trial, the suit was settled in 1980 by a consent decree.[5] Rajender received $100,000 and Judge Miles Lord enjoined the university from discriminating against women on the basis of sex.[6] Rajender's attorneys were awarded approximately $2 million in fees.[7] The suit had a lasting impact on US colleges and universities.[8]
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Glazer-Raymo, Judith (1999). Shattering the Myths: Women in Academe. Johns Hopkins University Press. p. 94.
- ^ Widener, Andrea (March 7, 2023). "How Shyamala Rajender fought back against discrimination". Chemical & Engineering News. 101 (9). American Chemical Society. ISSN 0009-2347. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
- ^ Clark, VèVè; Garner, Shirley Nelson; Higonnet, Margaret; et al., eds. (1996). Antifeminism in the academy. Routledge. pp. 210–211.
- ^ Rajender v. University of Minnesota, 546 F. Supp. 158, 160–61 (D. Minn. 1982).
- ^ Rajender, 546 F. Supp. at 161. https://conservancy.umn.edu/handle/11299/100392
- ^ Kohlstedt, Sally G.; Fischer, Suzanne M. (2009). "Unstable Networks Among Women in Academe: the Legal Case of Shyamala Rajender". Centaurus. 51 (1): 37–62. doi:10.1111/j.1600-0498.2008.00131.x. PMID 19618550.
- ^ Leap, Terry L. (1993). Tenure, discrimination, and the courts. Cornell University. p. 186.
- ^ Shipp, E. R. (November 8, 1987). "The Litigious Groves of Academe". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved August 30, 2019.
External links
[edit]- Up Against the Ivory Tower, a memoir by Shyamala Rajender
