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Urban Girls Jump Into the Title IX Gap

By Carla Murphy ● Uncategorized ● March 8, 2009

Thirty-seven years after the passage of Title IX, urban girls of color lag behind the general surge in female sports. A double-dutch season starting this month in New York schools is one effort at catching up. First of two parts.

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Title IX Awards Raise Colleges’ Bias Liability

By Viv Bernstein ● Crime & Law ● March 10, 2008

A string of jury awards in Title IX cases at Fresno State, part of California’s state university system, should serve as a warning sign for other schools. But women’s sports advocates say the legal battle is far from over, as a case in Florida shows.

Sex Harassment Faces Title IX Legal Test

By Viv Bernstein ● Arts & Culture ● September 23, 2007

Title IX is often equated with equal opportunity in athletics but the 1972 law also addresses sexual harassment. If the Supreme Court decides to hear a case involving a star college soccer coach it could clarify this aspect of gender-equity law.

Sports Advocates Draw Line on Title IX Battlefield

By Viv Bernstein ● Arts & Culture ● June 22, 2007

Athletics programs and gender equality advocates still battle over how best to comply with the federal law that guarantees equal opportunity in college sports decades after the law was enacted. Second of two stories on Title IX’s 35th anniversary.

At 35, Title IX Keeps Stirring Courts and Campuses

By Juliette Terzieff ● Arts & Culture ● June 19, 2007

University-level professionals charging Title IX infringement may test the effects of a related Supreme Court decision last month. First of two stories linked to the 35th anniversary of Title IX.

Politician Pushes to Delete Title IX E-Mail

By Hannah Seligson ● Arts & Culture ● August 24, 2006

A controversial federal policy change allowing colleges to use an e-mail survey to assess unmet athletic interest on campus continues to draw criticism from Title IX activists. Some students say the survey largely passed them by.

Title IX Fans Boo New Loophole in Sports Law

By Lois Elfman ● Uncategorized ● July 7, 2005

The Department of Education has told colleges that they may assess interest in sports by sending an e-mail survey to students. Critics call that a major compliance loophole and are pressing for the “clarification” to be withdrawn.

College Gymnasts Win Court Ruling for Title IX

By Julia M. Klein ● Arts & Culture ● November 21, 2003

A female gymnastics team in Pennsylvania was reinstated by a preliminary court injunction. The ruling reinforces the rules universities must follow to avoid discriminating against their female athletes.

Title IX Advocates Will Now Focus on Enforcement

By Sue Reisinger ● Uncategorized ● July 31, 2003

While celebrating the government’s recent affirmation of Title IX, advocates are determined to pressure the Office for Civil Rights for better enforcement of the law, which they now consider safe through the next general election.

Title IX Mandates Equal Resources in Education

By Louise Bernikow ● Arts & Culture ● July 18, 2003

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