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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In the wake of the Quinnipiac case, in which it seemed that the university somewhat spitefully cut men's track and field when it was tol...
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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 ...