An interdisciplinary resource for news, legal developments, commentary, and scholarship about Title IX, the federal statute prohibiting discrimination on the basis of sex in federally funded schools.
Monday, February 09, 2009
Seeing effects of SCOTUS ruling
In light of the recent ruling by the Supreme Court, the lawyer of a female high school student in Pennsylvania, who alleges she was raped by a fellow student, has asked a judge to review previously dismissed claims made in the civil suit. There are not a lot of details on the case or the recently filed motion asking for the Title IX claims to be reinstated. But it is a sign, of course, of the important of the ruling.
Bad investigations
The more I learn about the ins and outs of Title IX (and Title VI) investigations, the more pessimistic I become about the ability of these...
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Three former employees of Feather River College (Quincy, California) pressed their Title IX retaliation claims at a two-week hearing before...
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The NCAA has come out with a very clear position on sexual relationships between coaches and student-athletes. They are wrong. They are a ...
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In one of the more curious things I have seen in regard to Title IX rule-making, the Department of Energy is attempting to issue a change t...