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Some members of the academic community have taken a look at gender disparity in college and university science programs and have come to the conclusion that it's time to give Title IX a try.
But there's at least one academic who's taken a look at what's happened with athletics, and doesn't think it's the right formula.
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Our friends at Oregon Wrestling are participating in the PAC-10 Championship in Eugene today, what may be the final competition in the program's 54-year existence.
Late last week, Oregon's Assistant AD, Neal Zoubouklos, stated that Title IX compliance wasn't an issue when Oregon decided to drop the program in favor of adding Men's Baseball and ...
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Thanks to working on the announcement of yesterday's study on Title IX and historically black colleges and universities, I had the distinct pleasure of getting to know Reggie Torrence. Reggie is an employee of Xerox and living in Washington, D.C. today, but six years ago he had just completed his sophomore year at Howard University while also competing as ...
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Both Texas Swimming and The Inkwell have weighed in.
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A couple of years back, Iowa State University shut down its baseball program.
Now fans are asking why.
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While some students would like to see sports added, it's clear that the athletic director knows that if he runs afoul of the strict proportionality standard, it could be trouble.
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Normally I'm not the kind of blogger that just posts press releases, but today's news is a bit of an exception:
COLLEGE SPORTS COUNCIL
Press Release
Contact: Eric McErlain
(202) 904-2416
Study shows Historically Black Colleges and Universities struggle to meet Title IX’s proportionality test.
CSC Calls on NCAA to support HBCU’s use of ...
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Here's what Eric Pearson, chairman of the College Sports Council, had to say about the study the CSC released earlier today concerning Title IX and historically black colleges and universities:
"We're not asking for punishment; we're pointing out how hard it is for HBCUs to comply with proportionality," council Chairman Eric Pearson says. He argues HBCUs ...
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We just got a call from Rainer Sabin, a reporter at the Virginian-Pilot. He found an omission in our study, as it seems we inadvertently excluded Norfolk State University from the original analysis. So we went back to look at the data, and here's what we found:
NSU has 4,459 students (1,713 male and 2,746 female) according to the Department of Education ...
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Here's something that we've had in our archives for some time --College Sports Council Chairman Eric Pearson's testimony before the U.S. House Subcommittee on Higher Education from June 2007:
Chairman Hinojosa, Ranking member Keller, and all members of the Committee, I would like to thank you for giving me this opportunity to speak today, and share with ...
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