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Pregnancy Discrimination Alleged at Borough of Manhattan Community College
by Title IX Blog
posted January 20, 2013 at 9:13am

The National Women's Law Center filed a complaint this week, urging the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights to investigate its claim that the Borough of Manhattan Community College -- part of the CUNY system -- discriminated against a studen...more

Jukin' the Stats: Complaint Alleges UNC Underreported Campus Sexual Assaults
by Title IX Blog
posted January 19, 2013 at 11:30am

In a complaint filed this week with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, a former associate dean at the University of North Carolina reportedly alleged that the university violated Title IX and other laws when the university counsel's of...more

Financial Inequality, College Sport, and Title IX: Reflections on the NCAA Scholarly Colloquium
by Title IX Blog
posted January 17, 2013 at 9:46pm

I'm just back from the NCAA Convention, where I attended the Scholarly Colloquium for the first time in my capacity as a member of the board charged with running the Convention's annual academic conference. As it turns out, that first time will also be ...more

Middle East soccer associations campaign for women’s right to play
by Muslim Women in Sports
posted January 14, 2013 at 6:40pm

By James M. DorseyMiddle Eastern soccer associations have launched a campaign to put women’s soccer on par with men’s football in a region in which a woman’s right to play and pursue an athletic career remains controversial and at a time...more

Title IX Law Review Scholarship Roundup
by Title IX Blog
posted January 12, 2013 at 7:39pm

Several law review articles related to Title IX have been published in recent weeks. Here is a summary.In the recent issue of the Williamette Sports Law Journal, author Zachary Anderson examines the University of Nebraska-Omaha's recent decision to drop i...more

Court Says Duke's Response to Student Rape Was Not Deliberate Indifference
by Title IX Blog
posted January 10, 2013 at 7:41pm

Last month a federal district court in North Carolina dismissed a Title IX claim against Duke University, which stemmed from the 2007 rape of a female student by a non-student that occurred at an off-campus party hosted by other students.  The plaint...more

A new light on the importance of WOMEN in sports!! (@MacOnTrack blog)
by Moving Down the Right Track
posted January 10, 2013 at 9:25am

Hey everyone, HAPPY NEW YEAR Now since its a new year I thought to shine a new light on a subject that already carries its own weight and meaning… So, around 7:30am while I was lying in bed, a thought popped in my mind that I decided I HAD to tal...more

Don't you dare complain!
by Title IX Blog
posted January 9, 2013 at 10:35pm

We mumble and grumble--sometimes more loudly than at other times--when schools get praised by the community and media outlets for taking some action that appears to be making a situation better for female student-athletes (new softball field, addition of ...more

Pennsylvania Girl Banned From Playing Football
by Pretty Tough
posted December 28, 2012 at 8:12am

Who says girls can’t play the same sports as boys? The Catholic Youth Organization in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, that’s who. The CYO told Caroline Pla, a 6th grader at Cold Spring Elementary in Doylestown, Pennsylvania she can no longer pla...more

More Female Visibility After the Success of London 2012?
by Women in Sport International
posted December 27, 2012 at 5:48pm

By Jo Jo Rennie I remember when I was about 15 and my teacher played a game with us in a PE (Physical Education) class at school. He told us to take it in turns to each name a famous athlete, and to continue around the class until someone hesitated or dr...more

When Net skeptic meets sports-and-gender philistine
by Wendy Parker's Extracurriculars
posted December 20, 2012 at 9:13pm

Tweet Evgeny Morozov Tweeted the other day that: True story: Harvard’s library subscribes to “Journal of the Philosophy of Sport” but not to “Journal of the Philosophy of History” The author of “The Net Delusion&r...;more

ACLU Files Complaints Against Single-Sex Classes Idaho and Alabama
by Title IX Blog
posted December 19, 2012 at 7:34am

Earlier this month, the ACLU filed formal complaints (see here and here) with the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights, challenging single-sex educational programs at Middleton Heights Elementary in Middleton, Idaho and Huffman Middle Schoo...more

Title IX and the Spending Clause
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2012 at 8:26pm

What does Title IX have to do with Obamacare?  The answer is in the Constitution.  Congress can only pass legislation pursuant to one of its constitutionally enumerated powers, and for both Title IX and one provision in the Affordable Care Act (...more

College, HS League Take Steps Toward Compliance
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2012 at 8:10am

Two stories about how Title IX is still improving athletic opportunities for female students were in the news this weekend:Madison Area Technical  College will reportedly add a women's soccer team to help balance out athletic opportunities, which pre...more

Colleges Add Men's Sports, Despite Serious Gender Gap in Athletic Opportunity
by Title IX Blog
posted December 14, 2012 at 7:44pm

A reader shared with me three separate stories about colleges that are adding lacrosse for men and women -- Brevard College in North Carolina, Capital University in Ohio, and Rockhurst University in Missouri. Seems reasonable, you might think, that when a...more

Radio hosts' rude comments about transgender athlete highlights need for more diversity training
by Sports, Media & Society
posted December 14, 2012 at 7:51am

The recent suspension of two hosts of an ESPN Radio affiliate for insensitive comments about a transgender basketball player highlights that the lexicon journalists have needs to be burnished. It is unknown whether the radio hosts consider themselves jo...more

Butte Enters Voluntary Resolution Agreement
by Title IX Blog
posted December 13, 2012 at 7:29pm

Butte (Montana) School  District No. 1. has entered into a voluntary resolution agreement with the Office for Civil Rights that will resolve a Title IX complaint filed against the district challenging inequities in the athletic facilities available f...more

A case study of roster management and prong two
by Title IX Blog
posted December 10, 2012 at 9:01pm

The University of Georgia's student newspaper has an article on how the school approached compliance with Title IX and what this means for the athletic department, student-athletes, and club sports. Regarding the latter, it seems that many club sports are...more

New York City to Start Girls’ Wrestling League in Spring
by Wombat Sports
posted December 9, 2012 at 9:03am

Courtesy NY Times As women’s wrestling expands in the colliagte system, so does it among secondary schools. New York City’s demand for a girls’ wrestling program has culminated in them introducing a league this March. New Y...more

Minute-by-minute compliance?
by Title IX Blog
posted December 7, 2012 at 6:11pm

There has not been much news around the addition of teams at the collegiate level of late. A few here and there, a mention of Title IX compliance.The forthcoming additions of two women's teams at Central Michigan University is the same. Women's golf and l...more

Book Review: Gender & Competition
by Coach Dawn Writes
posted November 28, 2012 at 8:06pm

source In 2000, I took my first collegiate head coaching job.  While I was fired up about coaching and volleyball…I was pretty clueless about what it took to be successful as a leader of young women.  That same year, I went to my coaches...more

The story behind the Adrian College complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted November 20, 2012 at 6:45pm

The woman behind the 2007 complaint against Adrian College (which OCR found to be out of compliance in 8 program areas) spoke recently at a Michigan chapter of the American Association of University Women. Molly Ziegler-Moore, an Adrian College alum and f...more

"Title IX" Cuts at Towson Reconsidered
by Title IX Blog
posted November 17, 2012 at 8:35pm

Often we read about colleges and universities cutting men's teams, ostensibly to comply with Title IX.  I usually object to this framing, which makes it sounds like the law requires universities to equalize athletic opportunities in this manner and d...more

Opportunities, interest and what else Title IX covers
by Title IX Blog
posted November 16, 2012 at 6:26pm

Last week I attended the North American Society for the Sociology of Sport and will blog in a few days about the Title IX panel held. But in light of the release of a new study in the field of psychology about female interest in sport, I thought it more i...more

Equal Pay For Women Athletes: Elite Prize Purses
by Salty
posted November 12, 2012 at 3:40pm

Are women entitled to the same prize money as men, even if their field size is much much smaller?...more

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