February 03, 2025
A Pennsylvania federal judge said Drexel University owes a philosophy professor $350,000 in damages after a jury found she was willfully paid less than male colleagues out of bias, rejecting the university's position that the award should be reduced because it did not deliberately violate equal pay laws.
July 26, 2024
A Drexel University philosophy professor failed to show the mistreatment she said she faced from male professors amounted to unlawful sex bias as opposed to a merely unpleasant workplace, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, knocking out much of her suit but letting an equal pay claim move ahead.
June 02, 2023
Drexel University can't escape a philosophy professor's suit claiming colleagues have rejected her ideas and denied her opportunities and resources because of her sex for decades, a Pennsylvania federal judge ruled, shutting down the school's argument that she had filed suit too late.