The City University of New York has defeated claims that it discriminated against a woman when it refused to reappoint her as interim head of its Asian Studies program and then declined to reappoint her as a professor.

In a case that turned in part on the handling of a troublesome student, a divided U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit said summary judgment was properly granted against Ya-Chen Chen, who alleged discrimination based on race, gender and national origin under Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 and the New York City Human Rights Law.

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