(Natalie Brownsell for The Tufts Daily)
Tufts University has retained an external law firm to investigate claims of alleged bias and discrimination against Joseph “JT” Duck, the dean of admissions for the School of Arts and Sciences and the School of Engineering, and other leaders in the admissions office, according to emails obtained by Inside Higher Ed and a former employee who spoke on the condition of anonymity.
Duck, who was hired in 2019, has been the subject of multiple complaints from current and former employees—including allegations of racial discrimination, sexism and creating a “toxic” workplace environment—made through the university’s Office of Equal Opportunity, according to an investigation by The Tufts Daily, the university’s independent student newspaper.
In June, the Somerville, Mass., university retained the law firm McCarter & English to investigate the complaints against Duck and other leaders in the admissions office, according to emails obtained by Inside Higher Ed.
A former Tufts admissions office employee, who requested anonymity to discuss the ongoing investigation with Inside Higher Ed, acknowledged filing two formal discrimination complaints against Duck and making several other informal complaints about other admissions office leaders.
The former employee, who left earlier this year after well over a decade at the university, said colleagues had voiced similar complaints about alleged discrimination in the office. The...
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