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OCR to Investigate Sexual Assault Complaints Against Emerson College
by Title IX Blog
posted January 16, 2014 at 9:41pm

The Department of Education has confirmed that it will investigate three Title IX complaints filed against Emerson College in Boston, in which female students allege that the school failed to promptly respond to reported sexual violence.  The complai...more

Bullied Student Sues Mississippi School District
by Title IX Blog
posted January 1, 2014 at 8:20pm

The Southern Poverty Law Center has sued the Moss Point School District in Mississippi on behalf of a junior high school student, Destin Holmes, who was bullied by students and staff because of her failure to conform to gender stereotypes. The complaint a...more

Title IX Complaint Contests Carnegie Mellon's Response to Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted December 31, 2013 at 9:39am

The ACLU has filed a Title IX complaint with the Department of Education on behalf of a student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, who alleges that the university did not adequately respond after she reported that she had been sexually assaulted...more

Amnesia Bowl: FSU and Winston Catch a Pass, Send Troubling Message on Campus Sexual Violence
by Fair Game News
posted December 30, 2013 at 11:04pm

By Megan Wood  Bowl season is underway and, with it, a surfeit of TV football coverage leading up to the BCS Championship game on Jan. 6 between #1 ranked Florida State and #2 Auburn.  In it’s giddiness over the nation’s #1 ranking...more

2020 Vision for Women's Canoe and Olympic Canoe/Kayak
by WomenCANIntl
posted December 21, 2013 at 7:51pm

WomenCAN International - Our 2014-2020 Goals: By 2020: 2020 – Tokyo Olympics – Balance between Canoe & Kayak and Men & Women – events and distances, at all levels of the sport   A Sport/Federation name which accu...more

Wisconsin Parents Claim Swim Team Facility Arrangements Were Retaliation for Earlier Complaint
by Title IX Blog
posted December 17, 2013 at 8:43pm

In New Berlin, Wisconsin, student-athletes and parents are complaining that the school district's decision to relocate the Eisenhower High School girls' swim team practices and home meets to another high school's pool was retaliation for earlier complaint...more

Childbirth Discrimination Case Settled
by Title IX Blog
posted December 13, 2013 at 6:47pm

In August we blogged about the Title IX complaint Brandi Kostl filed with the Department of Education after she failed two classes because her college, Logan College of Chiropractic, refused to allow her to make up the 11 days of schoolwork she missed bec...more

Female Baseball Player Challenges Exclusion from Junior High Team
by Title IX Blog
posted December 12, 2013 at 9:21pm

In Mesa, Arizona, after an eighth-grade girl named Jasmine Miles was excluded from her public school's baseball team, her grandfather filed a complaint with the school district. But the school district is still refusing to let her play, arguing that reser...more

Occidental College Conceals Sexual Assaults
by Title IX Blog
posted December 10, 2013 at 9:25pm

Occidental College in Los Angeles has been publically associated with campus sexual assault since April, when it was the subject of a high-profile Title IX complaint with the Department of Education that challenged the way it handles reports of sexual vio...more

No discrimination found in Jackson State case
by Title IX Blog
posted December 8, 2013 at 9:08am

Former Jackson State basketball coach Denise Taylor won part of her lawsuit against the university last week. The jury found that there was breach of contract in Taylor's case but did not find evidence of discrimination or retaliation. Taylor, in her clai...more

Temple University Cuts Seven Teams
by Title IX Blog
posted December 8, 2013 at 12:02am

On Friday, officials at Temple University announced that they were cutting seven athletic teams, reducing their varsity sport programs from 24 to 17.  The board of trustees made the decision recently at an emergency meeting, though it is also reporte...more

Breaking news: Former OU grad student loses case
by Title IX Blog
posted December 6, 2013 at 8:06pm

The 5-year case of a former doctoral student who sued the University of Oregon under Title IX is now over. In her lawsuit, the student claimed the College of Education retaliated against her after she complained about the lack of female faculty in the dep...more

Was FSU delinquent in investigation?
by Title IX Blog
posted December 4, 2013 at 8:51pm

When we hear about charges of sexual assault against a male athlete, we usually get details about how police investigations are proceeding or when charges may or may not be brought, potential penalties, etc.Some of this is happening in regards to the accu...more

Colorado State University's Athletic Scholarships Found to Violate Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted December 2, 2013 at 9:07am

The Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights recently confirmed that it had found Colorado State University in violation of Title IX by offering too few athletic scholarships to its female student-athletes.  The law requires scholarship doll...more

ICF's 2020 Women's Canoe Proposal Lacks a Strategy and Transparency / Women's Canoe = Ready for Rio
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 27, 2013 at 4:17pm

A proposal from the International Canoe Federation (ICF) to include two women’s canoe single events in the 2020 Olympics has left Australian Canoe Slalom World Champion Jessica Fox “unimpressed.” She was angered by the November 15, 201...more

Olympic Paddler Says ICF's "No Changes for Rio 2016" A Step Back for Women & Sport.
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 19, 2013 at 10:20pm

SPORTSCENE received the article below from an athlete who wishes to remain anonymous for reasons as explained below. WomenCAN International applauds this paddler for speaking out and respects their wish to remain anonymous. +++++++++++++++++++++++++++++...more

Olympics Still Closed for Women's Canoe? ICF Says No Changes for Rio2016
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 19, 2013 at 9:34pm

Is the International Canoe Federation Open to Change? Article by Keith Lyons http://keithlyons.me/open-to-change/ His exhortation for the ICF to be much more pro-active in change: "I do think we have an important window of conscience available to us in...more

Slalom Canoe World Champion Jessica Fox (AUS) Slams ICF Over Misleading Statements
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 17, 2013 at 9:58pm

Jessica Fox (AUS) Slams the International Canoe Federation over misleading statements in their recent press release about their proposal to add women's canoe events for Tokyo2020. "As a C1 woman, to know it will be in the Olympics is great news, however ...more

Richard Fox Slams ICF for Delaying Women's Canoe Inclusion Until Tokyo2020
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 17, 2013 at 7:29pm

Richard Fox slams the ICF over delaying inclusion of Women's Canoe until Tokyo 2020.      http://www.sportscene.tv/news/fox-slams-icf-over-olympic-plan "...high level female athletes continue to be significantly restricted in their acces...more

Montana HS Football Program Mishandled Funds to Avoid Title IX
by Title IX Blog
posted November 16, 2013 at 7:11pm

The Manhattan (Montana) School District is reportedly under fire from the state's interscholastic athletic association after officials there received a tip that the high school football coach was hiding the proceeds of a team fundraiser to avoid having to...more

First-ever Women’s Canoe Events Proposed for Tokyo 2020
by WomenCANIntl
posted November 15, 2013 at 9:01pm

NEWS ALERT:   International Canoe Federation (ICF) announces they will propose C1 (singles canoe) Women’s Canoe Events for Tokyo 2020 Olympics - for the Sprint and Slalom disciplines.    #equalympics  #womenscanoe Current Olymp...more

Help “Prove” Interest in Women’s Sport! #heresproof
by One Sport Voice
posted November 12, 2013 at 12:52pm

[disclaimer] I’m writing this blog as my role as Associate Director of the Tucker Center for Research on Girls & Women in Sport at the University of Minnesota …and because the topic of media portrayals of female athletes and the lack of...more

More evidence at Tennessee
by Title IX Blog
posted November 11, 2013 at 7:38pm

The attention to issues of sex discrimination within University of Tennessee athletics a year ago waned rather quickly, but the department and university is coming back into the media spotlight with news that additional. The two lawsuits filed against the...more

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