January 29, 1999

Woman Denied Tenure Wins Jury Award of $12.6-Million

By COURTNEY LEATHERMAN

A Connecticut jury has awarded a whopping $12.6-million to a former professor at Trinity College who sued the institution, charging that she had been denied tenure because she is a woman. Higher-education observers believe that the award is the biggest ever made in a tenure case.

Leslie Craine, formerly an assistant professor of chemistry at Trinity, was denied tenure in 1993. According to her lawsuit, Ms.

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