INSIDE HIGHER ED. FEBRUARY 12, 2013. A former student has sued Lehigh University for $1.3 million for giving her a C+ in a graduate course, a grade that wasn’t high enough for her to continue in her program, The Morning Call reported. The student charges that she is the victim of breach of contract and retaliation for complaining about a switch in internship programs, and for advocating for gay rights — all charges Lehigh denies. The student was in a counseling master’s program, and the university is backing her professor’s view that she lacked the professionalism to continue, saying that she swore in class, and began crying in an outburst. The university also notes that she never had to pay Lehigh for tuition because her father is a professor there.
A lawyer for Lehigh told the judge Monday: “I think if your honor changed the grade, you’d be the first court in the history of jurisprudence to change an academic grade.”
