# Professor Michael North underscores the prevalence of ageism in the workplace

1 Faculty News December 6, 2016 ![MEL logo](/sites/default/files/styles/246w/public/assets/images/mel192x144.jpg?itok=e3ESGkR1)>

Excerpt from [MEL](https://melmagazine.com/age-discrimination-in-the-workplace-is-on-the-rise-but-its-hard-to-prove-2960dec720fd#.4uxvxcsa0) -- "'It’s notoriously hard to identify for a laundry list of reasons,' says [Michael North](http://www.stern.nyu.edu/faculty/bio/michael-north), an assistant professor at New York University’s Stern School of Business. 'One is straightforward: Ageism is the most socially condoned form of derogating someone based on social category.'"

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