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WHO HONORS WHO? 4Former UA Honors College dean alleges a culture of systemic, gender-based pay discrimination 4Male successor’s salary $70,000 more than female predecessor
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ormer University of Arizona Honors College Dean Patricia MacCorquodale filed a claim in U.S. District Court Monday for a $2 million collective action lawsuit against the Arizona Board of Regents, alleging widespread gender pay discrepancies at the UA. The lawsuit, brought under the Equal Pay Act (EPA), “alleges that ABOR dramatically underpaid Dr.
MacCorquodale during her tenure as Honors College dean relative to male deans at the university and to her male successors at the Honors College,” according to the press release. One of MacCorquodale’s attorneys, James Richardson, explained that the suit was brought under the EPA as a collective action because it “allows you to file a lawsuit on behalf of yourself and other individuals who are similarly situated.” That means that other female UA deans who may hold the same sentiment as
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MacCorquodale can join and become party to the lawsuit. MacCorquodale, now a professor of gender and women’s studies, began working at the UA in 1978. Her position as Honors College dean ended in 2016 when she stepped down. According to Richardson, MacCorquodale was forced from her position at the Honors College. “She left as a direct result of retaliation by the university,” he said. David Sanford, head of the team
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representing MacCorquodale, echoed that sentiment in a press release. “Not only did the university drastically underpay Dean MacCorquodale, it added insult to injury by terminating her deanship in 2016, in retaliation for her ongoing advocacy for pay equal to that of male deans on the UA campus.” Elliott Cheu was appointed as interim Honors College dean when MacCorquodale’s employment was
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