Women's athletics at Florida Gulf Coast University has experienced quite a few problems in recent years. Problems with discrimination and equity that resulted in multiple lawsuits and settlements that we followed extensively on this blog.
We are choosing to look at FGCU's recent winning of the Atlantic Sun Conferences women's all-sports trophy as indicative of (perhaps) a positive change in the athletic department climate. Good things come when you practice equity!
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.
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...