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Taking Another Look at UC Berkeley, Budget Cuts and Title IX

A couple of weeks ago we took a look at how a budget crunch at UC Berkeley might affect the school's athletic department. Today, we see that a faculty panel has recommended slashing the department's budgetby a whopping $6 million per year. That same panel says that the school shouldn't cut any programs, but rather should ... More

The Conversation on Men’s Soccer and Title IX Continues

When the College Sports Council released its landmark study on the "opportunity gap" between men and women in NCAA Division I soccer, none of us ever believed that folks would still be talking about the study for this long. But now, here we are, better than a month after the initial release, and that same study is now the ... More

More On the One-Way Conversation About Title IX

A couple of weeks back at Opposing Views, I talked about how proponents of gender quotas like to pretend that there's only one side of the story when it comes to Title IX. I saw that dynamic at work again when a blogger from Aspen, Colorado wrote about attending a panel discussion on Title IX at the Aspen Ideas Festival.... More

Keeping an Eye on H.R. 2882 and S. 471

A few weeks back, we took note of an action alert from the American Association of University Women (AAUW) concerning two pieces of legislation designed to essentially bring Title IX enforcement to American high schools: In honor of the 38th anniversary of Title IX on June 23, join AAUW in urging your member of Congress ... More

Diablo College Reinstates Six Teams

A couple of months back we pointed to a story out of California about how OCR was launching an investigation of Diablo Valley College after it eliminated six athletic teams -- three male and three female. Yesterday, under pressure from OCR, the school relented, and reinstated all of the teams. For more, visit the Contra ... More

Title IX and Whistleblower Protection

Earlier today over at Inside Higher Education, David Moltz took a look at a law review article by Erin Buzuvis (co-editor of the Title IX Blog) on the implications of the Supreme Court decision in Jackson vs. Birmingham Board of Education. For the College Sports Council, it's all about whistleblower protection: Even some ... More

The War on the Walk-On Athlete

Over at the American Spectator, William Tucker is doing some thinking about Hanna Rosin's musings over the future of gender relations. What caught my eye was Tucker's reference to the destructive effects of Title IX enforcement on men's athletics: When boys arrive at elite colleges they are likely to be subjected to ... More

The Questions About Title IX and Men’s College Soccer Linger

Couldn't help but notice that others are beginning to understand they how and why behind the disparities in Division I college soccer that we outlined last month. Over at Cougar Center, there's a lively debate going on right now concerning why a DI school like Washington State has a women's varsity soccer team but not ... More

The Price of Honesty: Part II

Last week, we told you how veteran women's basketball writer Wendy Parker came under intense attack when she suggested that it was time to reform the way Title IX has been enforced. Safe to say, the hits keep on coming. Click here to read one of the more blistering rants you'll come across from After Atalanta. If ... More

What Quinnipiac and Competitive Cheer Tell Us About Title IX

Over at Minding the Campus, Cathy Young has put together some thoughts on the case at Quinnipiac University that has sparked a national debate on the merits of competitive cheer. More