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Resolution Agreement Binds Montana to Better Address Sexual Assault
by Title IX Blog
posted May 12, 2013 at 9:15am

The Department of Justice and the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights recently concluded their joint investigation of the University of Montana, which had commenced last May in response to claims that the University failed to adequately addr...more

What's happening with sexual assault complaints
by Title IX Blog
posted May 9, 2013 at 8:23pm

At Occidental College in California, administrators are moving quickly to remedy the campus climate that inspired students to openly protest the way the college handles sexual assault cases. The president announced that a search was on for a Title IX coor...more

LIFT THE BAN ON WOMEN'S CANOEING AT THE OLYMPICS
by WomenCANIntl
posted May 7, 2013 at 11:44pm

Help us reach 5,000 signatures to press the President of the International Canoe Federation, Mr. Jose Perurena, and the International Olympic Committee to lift the ban on women's canoeing at the Olympics. Please sign and share our petition:  https:...more

Carolina Coastal cuts track
by Title IX Blog
posted May 5, 2013 at 10:42am

Carolina Coastal University announced this week that it was discontinuing its men's track and cross-country program after next year.The Board of Trustees has determined budget cuts are necessary across the university and rumors had been stirring that the ...more

Infographic: The Positive Effects of Youth Sports
by Sports Girls Play
posted May 4, 2013 at 9:45pm

This was provide to me by Aries Apparel – for a larger version, visit http://www.ariesapparel.com/youthsports.asp ...more

Brittney Griner, Jason Collins and the Sex of a Story
by From A Left Wing
posted May 2, 2013 at 9:06am

The (not-homophobic side of the) sports world has invested a lot of magic in the currently-professional-and-playing-out-gay-male-athlete. It's no wonder, given how elusive that athlete has been.Jason Collins comes out decades after Stonewall, he comes out...more

Students raising visibility around sexual assault
by Title IX Blog
posted April 29, 2013 at 8:29pm

Disturbed by a recent spate of sexual assault and homophobic and racist incidents on their campus, a group of Dartmouth students staged a protest during Prospective Students Weekend. A video of the protest can be found here at Jezebel along with a comment...more

Settlement Ends Ongoing Title IX Litigation Against Quinnipiac
by Title IX Blog
posted April 26, 2013 at 8:08pm

A settlement announced today will, pending court approval, end the litigation against Quinnipiac University that's been ongoing since 2006, when the university announced plans to terminate its women's volleyball team.  Under the terms of the settleme...more

Plans for New Athletic Complex Disputed in North Reading, Massachusetts
by Title IX Blog
posted April 25, 2013 at 9:46pm

The Boston Globe reports today about a Title IX dispute brewing in North Reading, Massachusetts, over the construction of a new athletic complex for the high school and middle school.  The complex had initially been designed to provide a new field fo...more

Study Correlates Sex-Segergated Classes and Gender Stereotyping
by Title IX Blog
posted April 22, 2013 at 8:50pm

Earlier this year, the journal Educational Studies published research finding that the more boys and girls were segregated for their junior high classes, the more they engaged in gender stereotyping the following semester, as measured by students' respons...more

OCR Investigations Underway In...
by Title IX Blog
posted April 12, 2013 at 9:40pm

...Framingham, Massachusetts, where students have been complaining and protesting that high school officials took it easy on a male student-athlete accused of sexual assault, even after his second offense.  The students note that the school's drug an...more

Today is National Equal Pay Day 2013-See Data on College Female Coaches
by One Sport Voice
posted April 9, 2013 at 9:13pm

I’m re-posting a poster on Economic Inequality & Female Coaches in honor of Equal Pay Day 2013. #EqualPayDay Download poster by clicking on picture ...more

Sportscene's Take: Academic report shuns Rogge’s “major boost for gender equality” at London 2012
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 7, 2013 at 9:36pm

Sportscene's Nicolaas Harding breaks down the University of Torontos report - which analysed whether London 2012 was in fact a model for gender equality in sport - for Olympic Canoe/Kayak. Results are, despite more female athletes competing in e...more

Larry Cain - Olympic Canoeing Gold Medalist on Women's Canoe and Olympic Gender Inequality
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 4, 2013 at 9:12pm

Olympic Gold Medalist Canoeist Larry Cain speaks out on gender inequality in Olympic Canoeing "I'll probably ruffle a few feathers with this post, but it needs to be said. It's time for women to race canoe in the Olympics and continuing to ignore gende...more

University of Toronto Report Reveals Inequalities at London 2012
by WomenCANIntl
posted April 4, 2013 at 7:48pm

The London 2012 Olympics - A Gender Equality Audit. From the Centre for Sport Policy Studies at the University of Toronto, Peter Donnelly and Michele K. Donnelly analysed gender equality in sport using the case of the 2012 London Olympics.   WOMEN'...more

Article Examines Standing Issue in Title IX Case
by Title IX Blog
posted April 3, 2013 at 9:15pm

In the current issue of Sports Lawyers Journal, student author Colton Puckett criticizes the federal court's standing analysis in American Sports Council v. Department of Education, the case in which ASC sought to have courts declare the three-part test i...more

TWEETS AND PARITY:HOW DECREASING SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF PROGRESS
by SportyEsquire
posted April 2, 2013 at 8:27am

HOW DECREASING SCHOLARSHIPS MAY BE THE ANSWER TO THE QUESTION OF PROGRESS...more

Title IX Is No Excuse to Reject Transgender Applicants to Women's Colleges
by Title IX Blog
posted April 1, 2013 at 12:08pm

Smith College, a women's college in Northampton, Massachusetts, has made news in recent weeks (see, e.g., here, here, and here) for its widely publicized decision to refuse to consider the application of a transgender applicant.  According to the rej...more

ACLU Challenges Single-Sex Classes in Wisconsin
by Title IX Blog
posted March 30, 2013 at 6:45pm

The Wisconsin chapter of the ACLU has filed a complaint with the U.S. Department of Education, challenging single-sex classes at one middle school and two elementary schools. Riverview Middle School in Barron separated fifth-grade girls and boys in langua...more

We've Got Spirit Yes We Do...We've Got Spirit How About You: Should Cheerleading be a Sport?
by SportyEsquire
posted March 20, 2013 at 3:49pm

Today I tackle the age-old question.  No, not what came first; the chicken or the egg.  The other age-old question: Is cheerleading a sport?  Since there may not be a consensus on the correct answer to this question for quite some time; I&r...;more

Sexual Harassment Roundup
by Title IX Blog
posted March 17, 2013 at 9:56pm

Here is a roundup of sexual harassment decisions handed down this winter:A federal district court in New York dismissed Title IX claims against the New York City Department of Education stemming from a single incident of peer harassment in which a male st...more

Olympic Canoeing Survives IOC Axe - But is Gender Equity on the ICF Agenda?
by WomenCANIntl
posted March 16, 2013 at 10:19pm

In a recent article the International Canoe Federation (ICF) stated it was “disappointed” at its shock appearance among the sports in the firing line (the "Bottom 5") last month when the International Olympic Committee (IOC) was considering wh...more

Twelve-year-old, Caroline Pia, Wins Her Crusade to Play Football on Catholic Youth Team
by Pretty Tough
posted March 16, 2013 at 8:18am

It was a huge Title IX victory in Pennsylvania this morning, as a 12-year-old girl from Philadelphia won her crusade to play football for a Catholic Youth team.  Caroline Pia, who has played organized football since kindergarten and for the past two...more

Appellate Court Reinstate Female Referee's Sex Discrimination Case
by Title IX Blog
posted March 16, 2013 at 8:15am

Tamika Covington is a high school basketball referee in New Jersey and Pennsylvania.  For several years, she has been litigating for the right to officiate boys' games as well as girls' games.  She has sued the International Association of Appro...more

Towson goes through with athletic team cuts
by Title IX Blog
posted March 14, 2013 at 10:53pm

Last fall Towson University announced plans to cut men's soccer and baseball. This past week they followed through with these plans after a process that--from all reports--was mired in confusion and perhaps deception.Athletic Director Mike Waddell drew cr...more

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