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Lesbian job seeker complains of bias in faculty hiring by Christian school in Chicago.(Newswatch)(Brief Article)

Women in Higher Education

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Dr. Barbara Kelly taught for two years as an adjunct at North Park University in Chicago, a Christian liberal arts college operated by the Evangelical Covenant School. She said administrators there knew she was a lesbian.

At a recruiter's suggestion, she applied for a full-time job teaching psychology classes to older students. Then the school investigated and rejected her for the job based on her sexual orientation, she claimed in a complaint to the City of Chicago Commission on Human Relations.

School leaders say they're protecting its religious mission by hiring only full-time faculty ...

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