Adelphi U. Settles Unequal-Pay Lawsuit That Alleged Sex Discrimination

Adelphi University has agreed to pay more than $300,000 to settle a federal gender-discrimination lawsuit, Newsday reported.

The lawsuit, filed almost two years ago on behalf of an education professor, Judith H. Cohen, said women on Adelphi’s faculty were paid less than men of the same rank.

The Long Island newspaper reported that Adelphi is to pay 37 women a total of $305,889, and give raises to 30 of them. The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission, where Ms. Cohen originally filed a complaint in 2005, said the agreement also calls for mechanisms to be put in place to prevent further pay discrimination.

Adelphi, in a written statement, denied wrongdoing.