Two employment discrimination suits filed against the University of Tennessee

Two lawsuits against the University of Tennessee in Knoxville have been filed in state court, according to this report, one involves a professor's claim that she was denied tenure and promotion to a full professorship because she is a woman born in India, and the other involves the claim of the former Dean of the College Education that his application to serve as interim dean of College of Human Ecology was denied because of his age.