September 1, 2006

Lawsuit Can Proceed at Lafayette College

By SARA LIPKA

Eve Atkinson, a former athletics director at Lafayette College who says she was fired for complaining about gender inequity, can sue the institution for damages under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, a federal appeals court has ruled.

In an opinion issued last week, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit cited a 2005 Supreme Court decision that extended protection under the law to whistle-blowers who accuse educational institutions of sex discrimination from

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