page_title: Jeffrey S. Lehman
section_title: Founding vice chancellor of NYU Shanghai
hierarchical_section_title: Jeffrey S. Lehman / Founding vice chancellor of NYU Shanghai
caption_attribution_description: English: Bathrooms at NYU Shanghai don't have accessible flush handles.
context_page_description: Jeffrey Sean Lehman is an American scholar, lawyer and academic administrator who is the vice chancellor of New York University Shanghai. Known as an advocate for the role of universities in globalization, he previously served as chancellor and founding dean of the Peking University School of Transnational Law in Shenzhen, China, president of Cornell University, dean of the University of Michigan Law School, and chairman of Internet2. On April 14, 2018, Lehman was one of forty named "The Most Influential Foreign Experts During 40 Years of China’s Reform and Opening-Up” at the 16th Conference on International Exchange of Professionals, for his work in higher education in China.
context_section_description: In April 2012, it was announced that Lehman would be steering the new institution jointly with Yu Lizhong, former president of New York University's local partner, East China Normal University. "Yu will be the chancellor and will play a major role in government relations. ... Lehman, as vice chancellor, will have free rein in academic affairs. The first students will arrive in fall 2013, the majority of them from China." In the time from summer, 2012 until opening, Lehman is dividing his time between New York and Shanghai.
  In November 2019, Lehman was charged by a faculty member with discrimination for failing to provide a safe and accessible environment. Restrooms at NYU Shanghai labeled as being for people with disabilities do not have basic accessibility features such as accessible flush handles. The charge is currently pending investigation by the EEOC.
caption: Restrooms at NYU Shanghai don't have accessible flush mechanisms.
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