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, July 14, 2010
Petition for data collection in high schools
As we have noted previously, there is a bill currently in the US House of Representatives that calls for the collection of data about gender equity in athletics in high schools--similar to that collected by the Department of Education. If you would like to urge Congress to pass the High School Athletics Accountability Act, you can go here and sign the petition. Your email address is required but will not be displayed. You can also choose not to have your name displayed.
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...