Word: kappa
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Walter Fox Tree, a Native American who is an assistant professor at the University of Massachusetts at Boston, charged that the Graduate School of Education (GSE) Phi Delta Kappa chapter passed him over for the presidency in February because of his heritage...
...complaint, Fox Tree is "accusing Frank Gifune, who is chairman of the Austin School in Reading, along with the Phi Delta Kappa graduate school of Harvard University" with discrimination in their decision to reelect current President Roseann Stephens, said MCAD official Francisco Villalobos. It is unusual for a president to serve two terms, several members said...
...under Massachusetts public accommodations law, which prohibits discrimination on the basis of gender, sex, age, race, ethnicity and other factors in such places as private clubs, restaurants and hotels. Although the commission will attempt to act asmediator between the club and Fox Tree, it couldeventually rule that Phi Delta Kappa must hold newelections or award the complainant money...
...Delta Kappa is an official studentorganization at the Ed School, said Assistant Deanfor Academic and Student Services Dorris Ford. Thesociety has around 500 members, 25 percent of whomare Ed School students, said Stephens.Approximately 1100 students are enrolled at theschool...
...Harvard chapter was thrown out of theinternational Phi Delta Kappa in the 1970s when itadmitted women but was readmitted after theHarvard and Columbia chapters filed suit...