I used to teach at Rutgers, and worked on the VMI and Citadel cases, so I
thought I'd respond. Douglass has been scrutinized carefully and found to
NOT be in violation of the 14th Amendment, because the classes are all
cross-listed and there are no separate departments in each of Rutgers' five
colleges. Students take courses at all campuses, and faculty teach at all
campuses.
But the tone of your message suggests that you are concerned about some
putative discrimination based on gender at Rutgers. I am also. Do you
know that at every single rank, women faculty make significantly less than
male faculty? Did you know that most of the adjuntc faculty and lecturers
are women -- and they have the heaviest teaching loads, the lowest salaries
and no benefits? And did you know that the percentage of women
administrators, even at Douglass, is actually quite low?
In my experience there, a few years ago, gender discrimination was alive
and well at Rutgers. Alas, men were still its beneficiary.
Michael Kimmel
Past Message Posted by EdEquity:
I am a graduate of Rutgers, The State University of
New Jersey and have become very concerned with the the
use of gender at Rutgers. There are plenty of
single-sex programs for women at Rutgers through the
existence of Douglass College (the last public
single-sex college in the U. S.). Women have an
advantage in gaining admission to Rutgers since the
male college became coeducation in 1972.
I would like to know what other people think of the
legality of Douglass College.
Thomas Dunne
tmdunne_99@yahoo.com<
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