Professor Wolff herself declined to comment on the case.

Instead, he said, "Professor Wolff never proposed a course and was never told she couldn't propose one" in women's studies.

But he said that "we take very seriously" the concerns raised by Professor Wolff and others about tumult in the literature department.

But several other professors generally supported Professor Wolff's portrait of the troubles in the department.

Professor Wolff says there has been a sharp increase in inequality since the late 1970's.

Professor Wolff would presumably answer yes.

Professor Wolff's figures reinforce the point.

"For every investment banker, you have one or two delivery men to feed them during their long working hours," Professor Wolff said.

"A lot of families are going to have to work more years to build up their pension accounts and generate enough income for retirement," Professor Wolff said.

Property taxes exaggerate that inequity between the super-rich and everyone else, according to what Professor Wolff found.