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U of Toledo's history dept: hostile to women?(NEWSWATCH)

Women in Higher Education

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One female faculty member resigned and four male faculty members filed a legal complaint in response to a report claiming that the University of Toledo's history department is hostile toward women.

Female faculty members "feel that they are addressed in a condescending manner, are patronized and simply not respected as scholars," said the report compiled by the Office of Institutional Diversity. "Toxic" and "unbearable environment" is how some of the female faculty ...

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