May 10, 2002

Georgia Universities Settle Bias Lawsuit With Former Faculty Adviser to Student Newspaper

The University System of Georgia and Fort Valley State University have agreed to pay $192,000 to a former professor who was adviser to the student newspaper, settling a lawsuit he filed alleging racial, religious, and sex discrimination.

John F. Schmitt claimed that he was fired because he had allowed articles to be published in The Peachite that were critical of the administration, and because he was a white employee at a majority-black institution. He said a former administrator at

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