Board of Trustees v. Commonwealth

Opinion by

Judge Blatt,

The Luzerne County Community College appeals here from an adjudication of the Pennsylvania Human Relations Commission (Commission) which concluded that the College had committed a discriminatory employment practice in denying Joan S. Skurnowicz employment as a college instructor.

Ms. Skurnowicz had applied to the College for a teaching position in 1972. She was subsequently notified that a temporary position was available in the College’s history department for the second semester of the 1973-74 academic year. Following interviews, the history department’s chairperson and…