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.
Wednesday, June 04, 2014
Settlement over softball fields
A class action lawsuit filed just over a year ago in Batavia, New York has been settled. Filed by parents of softball players over the poor conditions of the softball field, the school district--which claims that improvements to the softball field were included in the list of capital projects before the lawsuit was even filed--will complete renovations by next spring. The improvements include permanent dugouts, a scoreboard, and outfield fencing.
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 ...