Former Prof Assails School's Policies Toward Minority Faculty

The University of Pennsylvania's policies toward minority faculty members came under fire last month, as an Asian woman professor at the Wharton School of Business reportedly claimed that she was sexually harassed, denied tenure unfairly, and then offered money to accept the school's decision.

Quoting unnamed sources, The Daily Pennsylvanian reported that Former Associate Professor of Management Rosalie Tung, a Chinese-American, alleged that the chairman of her department at the time of her tenure denial, Peter Lorange, sexually harassed her.

According to the sources, after Tung refused Lorange's alleged advances, he reversed a written evaluation of her scholarship, changing his positive assessment into a negative one, the paper reported. The University Grievance Council is investigating Tung's sexual harassment charges.

Tung also claims that the Wharton School offered her a settlement, which sources claimed to exceed $10,000, if she would abandon her discrimination charges. Philadelphia's Equal Opportunity Commission is investigating those charges.

But university officials said either that the school offered no such settlement, or that if there were such a deal, they were unaware of it.

After five years at the university, Tung left her university post two years ago. She is now the director of the University of Wisconsin's International Business Center. SMITH

Black Administrators Quit Posts

Two Black administrators at Smith College late last month left their posts, saying that they were frustrated because the school lacks concern for minority affairs.

The assistant to the dean for minority affairs, Alice Smith, and the assistant to the director of admissions for minority concerns, Gregory Vaughn, said they will leave their jobs by the end of the year.

Their resignations came one week after the first Black woman ever to win tenure at Smith, Professor of Afro-American Studies Johnella E. Butler, announced that she would leave the school because she was disturbed by the school's attitude toward minorities.

"Minority administrators are in positions of immense responsibility but have little or no authority to properly execute those responsibilities," Vaughn told The Boston Globe. WILLIAMS

Students Oppose Plan To Put Locks on Doors

Most students at Williams College oppose a proposal that would provide locks for all residential buildings and some academic buildings, The Williams Record reported last month.

Late last year, the college sent students a letter discussing the proposal and invited undergraduate comment on the proposed "IDenticard" locks. The system would cost between $300,000 to $450,000 and could be opened by Williams IDs.