The University of Miami prevailed in a lawsuit filed by a professor who claimed that she was subjected to discriminatory pay practices.

Allegations In 2007, charging party Louise Davidson-Schmich, a university’s assistant professor, was promoted by her employer, the University of Miami. Davidson-Schmich, whose employment had begun in 2007, was given a full-time position, associate professor, in the university’s political-science department. Her salary was increased to $72,500. Within months of Davidson-Schmich’s promotion, the political-science department also hired a male professor. He received the title of assistant professor, and his salary was $81,000. Davidson-Schmich claimed that her salary should have equaled her male counterpart’s salary.