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A standard branding technique that marketers often utilize is to associate a product with a 'feel good' event. The Olympic Games always provide one of a kind emotional moments, and brands pay a lot of money to be associated with the spectacle.
The same is done with Title IX.
In a calculated effort to capitalize on the good feeling that the Olympics ...
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The ASC has published commentary, a study, and testified on the harm done by Title IX's gender quota to athletic programs at Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs).
Because HBCUs often have enrollments that skew heavily towards female students- some schools are over 70% female- they have a very difficult time complying with Title IX's ...
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Fans of Lacrosse are proud of the fact that it is one of the fastest growing team sports in America. However, its growth on the men's side has been severely limited by Title IX's gender quota.
In his recent article on collegiate lacrosse, 'Despite Utah news, potential new lacrosse programs face roadblocks,' Shane Mettlen of USports states,
"Administ...
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The American Sports Council recently hosted a panel discussion on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC.
Titled 'Constitutional Challenges: The Future of Title IX Enforcement,' the event included the following speakers:
Eric Pearson, Chairman, the American Sports Council
Christina Hoff Sommers, Resident Scholar, the American Enterprise Institute
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Lauren Kent reports in the Daily Tar Heel,
'If a male club team wants to go varsity at UNC, Title IX does not help them.'
Collegiate club leagues are booming as male students seek opportunities to compete, demonstrating the unmet interest that Title IX's gender quota creates for male varsity sports.
“'As it stands now, we are not able to become ...
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In his recent opinion piece, The Danger of a Single Story, New York Times Columnist, David Brooks offers insight into how simplistic narratives fall short of telling the whole truth.
Brooks writes, "American politics has always been prone to single storyism — candidates reducing complex issues to simple fables."
Although he doesn't mention gender ...
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Unfortunately, spring is the season for schools to cut programs, and baseball and men's golf at the University of North Dakota have joined the sad parade of terminated teams in 2016. They join six other varsity sports programs recently cut at St. Cloud State University and Princeton University's sprint football team.
Valley News Live reports that, "The ...
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In a letter to the editor published in the Chronicle of Higher Education, 'Ed. Dept.’s Demands in Title IX Investigations Violate the Constitution,' former Education Department lawyer, Hans Bader, comments on the recent American Association of University Professors' (AAUP) report on Title IX,
"A recent AAUP report was right to criticize the Education ...
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In her article in The Daily Beast , How Title IX Killed Free Speech On Campus, Lizzie Crocker highlights another example of egregious regulatory misapplication of Title IX.
A new report by the American Association of University Professors (AAUP), “The History, Uses, and Abuses of Title IX” argues that “Overly Broad Definitions of 'Hostile ...
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Erie Community College, SUNY, settles Title IX case.
According to Buffalo News:
"The U.S. Department of Education announced ... that it has reached a settlement with Erie Community College (ECC)...
The agreement includes 11 steps to remedy the disparity, including:
• Conduct a survey of women in ECC’s student body aimed at determining their ...
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