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Search results for "Title IX" ...
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"Sexual Assault on Campus: A Frustrating Search for Justice"
Unfortunately, sexual assault occurs on campuses all over the U.S. For the small number of those who come forward to report the act, institutional policies can often make the process toward accountability difficult, sometimes even causing the victim to drop the claim. The Center for Public Integrity finds that most university policies are lacking in "transparency" and often lead to less the harsh punishment for the accused attackers.
Tags: Title IX; Clery Act; federal Department of Education; sexual violence; FERPA; Security on Campus Inc; Victim Rights Law Center
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"Let's shoot for chocolate frosted brownies." "Has Title IX removed superiority of males in college sports?"
These stories explore NCAA regulations, Title IX, and its effect on college athletics. The authors relate their reports to the student body at PLU, and in fact even conducted a survey the student body at the university to guide their reports.
Tags: athletics; NCAA; college sports; intramural sports; gender discrimination; scholarships
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"Big - Time Jump", "NDSU Hits the Road for Donations", "Bison Jump on Fast Track", "Wealth of Potential at NDSU"
This investigation is "An analysis of the financial implications of North Dakota State's move from NCAA Division II to NCAA Division I athletics." Kolpack found that the school had to raise $1 million more to break even for the 1002-05 academic year, most of which went to fund an additional 50 athletic scholarships allowed by higher Division I regulations. The university's total budget is going form $6 million in 03-04 to almost $7.7 million for 04-05.
Tags: sports; college athletics; NDSU; bison; Title IX; athletic scholarships; athletes; tuition hikes
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Women run up scholarship score, and it's men who are sold short. At many colleges and universities in eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois, male athletes still get more money --but less than their fair share, according to federal law.
The University of Missouri at Columbia spend $1.6 million a year on women's athletic scholarships and $1.9 million on athletic scholarships for men. In that $300,000 gap lies a violation of an aspect of Title IX, the federal law born to eliminate discrimination against women in education, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Other schools show similar gaps. A Post-Dispatch analysis shows that even while spending more in total for scholarships for male athletes, these schools are giving men less and women more than their fair shares under Title IX. The newspaper's findings contradict an impression of widespread discrimination against women in college athletic scholarships.
Tags: women; sports; scholarships; universities
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Second String: Gender inequality in high school athletics
Carl Prine, in a four-part series, details the gender inequalities in athletics at 129 high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania see how well the 1972 Title IX of the Educational Amendments is being enacted in schools. "At each school, the Trib examined the athletic program's participation rates; money spent on equipment, training, travel, uniforms and officials; and coaching salaries for the 1999-2000 school year." While the number of girls interested and playing sports is increasing, Prine investigates why the majority of high school athletic resources go to boys. The Tribune-Review found out that policy in some schools makes sure that two out of every three athletes are boys, for every tax dollar spent on sports, 69 cents goes to boys athletics, school booster clubs poured dollars - sometimes illegally - into boys while neglecting girls, some schools rarely hire female coaches or athletic directors, and few schools and districts hire people to oversee the enforcement of Title IX violations.
Tags: sports; Title IX; National Collegiate Athletic Association; Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association; Civil Rights Restoration Act; Office of Civil Rights; girls athletes
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Teaching Johnny The Appropriate Way To Flirt
The New York Times Magazine reports on the issue of sexual harassment, looking at an incident that happened in a Minnesota middle school to talk more genreally about the state of sexual harassment in our schools and the legalities involved. The question is whether students can and should be treated like adults in cases of student-to-student harassment.
Tags: sexual harassment; supreme court; Title IX
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Second String: Gender Inequalities in High School Athletics
Carl Prine, in a four-part series, details the gender inequalities in athletics at 129 high schools in southwestern Pennsylvania. "At each school, the Trib examined the athletic program's participation rates; money spent on equipment, training, travel, uniforms and officials; and coaching salaries for the 1999-2000 school year." While the number of girls interested and playing sports is increasing, Prine investigates why more schools aren't upholding Title IX rules and the issues surrounding this long-lived debate.
Tags: sports; Title IX; National Collegiate Athletic Association; Pennsylvania Interscholastic Athletic Association; Civil Rights Restoration Act; Office of Civil Rights; gender; inequalities; education
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Telling Tales Out of School
This article examines how a retarded girl was allegedly sexually assaulted in a Denver public school and how the school officials did not investigate the claim. The mother of the girl sued the school and the principal under Title IX.
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The Gender Gap: Georgia Girls Face Uneven Playing Fields
An Atlanta Journal-Constitution 8-part special report reveals that 27 years after Title IX became federal law, "gender equity still is not the standard in most Georgia high schools. Not even close." The investigation found that coaches of boys sports receive the majority of the financial support. The report examines why only 36 percent of high school girls participate in sports as compared to 64 percent of boys.
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Separate Worlds
In 1996, the state of California created six new single-sex academies. But with funding problems and unproven benefits, the future of the academies hangs by a thread.