Just in time for Equal Pay Day...
... two women here in Texas actually got retroactive pay equity. It's not perfect. They didn't get tenure. And I have to believe that this lawsuit will compromise their future hireability - academia isn't that big a world, people do talk, and boy, do universities not like to get sued. But good for them for standing up for themselves and getting what they deserved.
I do find it interesting that the university had no comment. And that a search of the archives of the campus newspaper showed that the last article on this lawsuit appeared in 2004. Hmmm. What's that I hear? Why, I do believe that's grouchy patriarchal silence, and it's coming from Lubbock! So let's see if Texas Tech will change their policies so that women get paid what they deserve in the first place. Any alumni out there? Y'all drop the university president a line and ask him, why don't you? If you're the parent of a current student, do drop them a line and let them know it's important to you that your daughters to see that the university to which you send so much money does value women's work equally.