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Another book for consideration
by Title IX Blog
posted August 30, 2010 at 12:41am

It must be book recommendation week here at the Title IX Blog. I think these are supposed to come at the beginning of the summer and not the beginning of fall when many of us are a little bit buried with back-to-school stuff and all those things we didn't...more

Women’s Equality Day is August 26th…and yes, we still need it!
by One Sport Voice
posted August 26, 2010 at 7:10pm

Today is Women’s Equality Day. Some may wonder why such a day exists, or that because women are achieving at all levels, why such a day should exist. Here are a few facts that point to the idea that women are far from achieving equality and Women’s Eq...more

A Title IX Must-Read: Getting In the Game
by Title IX Blog
posted August 26, 2010 at 6:58pm

Hot off the press! Getting In the Game is a new book by Title IX expert Professor Debbie Brake from the University of Pittsburgh School of Law. In the book, Brake examines how Title IX has affected and continues to affect many facets of college and scho...more

Women's Equality
by kaaylac50
posted August 26, 2010 at 2:31pm

Equality Going to the polls to vote, or stepping out on the court to play a basketball game, I realize that I have a voice. My voice stands for all women. Women who were not and still cannot vote for anything. For women who cannot participate in sports a...more

Sexual harassment litigation roundup
by Title IX Blog
posted August 15, 2010 at 5:13pm

It's time for another roundup of recent decision in Title IX sexual harassment cases:A federal judge in Ohio refused to grant summary judgment to the Southwestern City School District so that a jury can resolve disputed facts about whether district off...more

Which came first? The rock or the hard place?
by Title IX Blog
posted August 13, 2010 at 9:27pm

The Great Lakes Intercollegiate Athletic Conference has decided to reverse the order of their basketball doubleheaders this coming season. Doubleheaders within the conference have traditionally featured a women's game followed by a men's game. But after a...more

Judge dismisses retaliation case against Montana State
by Title IX Blog
posted August 12, 2010 at 6:32pm

A federal district court judge in Montana has dismissed former women's basketball coach Robin Potera-Haskins's case against Montana State University-Bozeman, in which she alleged she was terminated in retaliation for complaining about gender inequities wi...more

Lest you think Rene Portland was the only one...
by After Atalanta
posted August 11, 2010 at 7:26pm

...who was up in her players' business and who ran a team with an iron fist; who was controlling and a little bit out of control...Think again. The story of coach Shann Hart, who is currently at University of Indiana-Purdue University Indianapolis, and th...more

Settlement in anorexia~bullying case
by Title IX Blog
posted August 11, 2010 at 6:57pm

I have to say I was a little bit surprised by the news that a settlement had been reached in the bullying case in which a mother alleged that her daughter had been bullied into an eating disorder.We blogged about this case almost exactly a year ago. A you...more

Dodging Blocks
by sfoxmaple
posted August 10, 2010 at 10:10pm

If you ever want to get anywhere on the football field, you’d better learn to follow your blockers. Defensively, if you want to make the stop, you have to shed that same wall of weight. Evade with speed or bulldoze with power; the goal is to avoid th...more

Some reflections on the media's coverage of the Quinnipiac decision
by Title IX Blog
posted August 10, 2010 at 8:01pm

I've been reluctant to post links to the media coverage and commentary regarding the Quinnipiac ruling. This is because most of it that I've read sounds as if the author didn't even read the judge's opinion, but rather, used a generalized version of its ...more

Golf Like a Girl
by RunLikeAGirl
posted August 4, 2010 at 3:25pm

Jane Blalock makes golf more women-friendly, so we can do better business....more

Go Long: Four Summer Sport Thoughts (with takeaway)
by Fair Game News
posted August 4, 2010 at 1:13pm

By Laura Pappano Often in the blur of sports headlines – one breathless item launched into circulation after another – we don’t get a chance to reflect. Sport, after all, tells us about ourselves, individually and collectively. Here’s thinking ab...more

Argentinian soccer, not just for boys...
by RunLikeAGirl
posted August 2, 2010 at 5:10pm

Just heard about this inspiring documentary about girls playing soccer in one of the toughest slums of Buenos Aires: Goals for Girls (the movie)....more

Study links sport participation and opportunity for girls
by One Sport Voice
posted August 2, 2010 at 4:46pm

A study by Betsey Stevenson, the author of the research and an assistant professor of business and public policy at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School, reveals data that indicates playing sports leads to greater educational and employment...more

Globe profiles Stevenson's study on Title IX's beneficial effect
by Title IX Blog
posted July 30, 2010 at 9:47pm

We blogged about this last December, but today's Boston Globe has a profile of Professor Betsey Stevenson's research on causal effects of athletic participation on girls' educational and professional attainment.An excerpt: [N]ow, for the first time, ne...more

Some say Delaware State Equestrian is safer after cheerleading ruling
by Title IX Blog
posted July 30, 2010 at 3:45pm

This article in Delaware Online suggests that the recent Quinnipiac ruling about the Title IX status of competitive cheer will make it harder for Delaware State to prove that its decision to terminate equestrian did not violate the law.Actually, I don't t...more

Lessons from Quinnipiac: Cheer should be an NCAA sport (with a different name), think fresh (don’t whine like the male wrestlers) — and, yes, we still need Title IX
by Fair Game News
posted July 28, 2010 at 5:00pm

By Laura Pappano When District Judge Stefan Underhill ruled against Quinnipiac University – last year they sought to cut women’s volleyball and add competitive cheer to fulfill Title IX requirements – the 95-page ruling ironically did more to boost...more

Is Cheerleading a Sport?
by RunLikeAGirl
posted July 26, 2010 at 4:11pm

A Connecticut Federal Court judge ruled that cheerleading is not a sport, at least not as far as Title IX is concerned. Quinnipiac University pulled funding from its women's volleyball team to fund a competitive cheer team instead....more

espnW, cheerleading, violence, Nike, Title IX…so many things to share!
by One Sport Voice
posted July 22, 2010 at 4:27pm

Sorry if I’ve been blogging less lately, there are to many things going on to take the time to blog! That said, I wanted to share with you some information you might find interesting. 1. A key Title IX ruling was recently passed down that has implicati...more

Judge spikes QU's Title IX case [Video]
by anngaff
posted July 22, 2010 at 1:06am

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Quinnipiac volleyball players win Title IX decision
by Title IX Blog
posted July 21, 2010 at 9:36pm

Today Judge Stefan Underhill granted Quinnipiac University volleyball players an injunction that will allow the team to exist through the 2010-11 season. In reaching this decision, the judge determined that Quinnipiac's decision to terminate the volleyb...more

UNF adds women's golf
by Title IX Blog
posted July 21, 2010 at 6:22pm

Remember when University of North Florida announced it was cutting its women's swimming and diving team? And then it fairly quickly reinstated the team? Yeah, I had to look it up, too.Well it looks like UNF is going even further and adding women's golf to...more

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