Article: Adelphi sued for profs' alleged pay disparity.

Byline: Olivia Winslow

Sep. 26--The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission filed a class-action sex discrimination lawsuit in federal court yesterday against Adelphi University, alleging the university pays its full-time female professors less than male professors of similar status doing the same work, a charge the university vigorously denied.

"I'm so excited about this," said Judith H. Cohen, a tenured education professor at Adelphi, in an interview yesterday. Her pay disparity complaint filed with the EEOC in 2005 sparked the EEOC's action.

"I've been a dedicated employee of Adelphi of about 30 years," she said. "It was disheartening ...

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