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OCR Opens Title IX Investigation at Diablo Valley College

From the Diablo Valley College Inquirer: DVC may have violated Title IX with its plan to shut down several sports programs because of budget cuts, according to complaints filed with the Contra Costa Community College District and the U.S. Department of Education, Office of Civil Rights. One of the two complainants, ... More

Husband and Wife Team to Save CS-Fullerton Gymnastics and Wrestling Programs

Here's a piece of good news from California at a time when all we seem to be talking about are how budget pressures are leading to the elimination of teams: Thanks to generous donations from gymnastics and wrestling communities, the Cal State Fullerton gymnastics and wrestling programs have been retained for the 2010-11 ... More

Clemson Eliminates Men’s Swimming and Diving

Over the weekend, we got the news that Clemson University has decided to phase out its entire Men's Swimming and Diving Program as well as Women's Swimming. For some reason we can't fathom, Women's Diving has gotten a reprieve, though we would have to imagine that it's going to be awfully lonely in the pool come 2012, ... More

The Long Odds Against American Male Soccer Players

A little less than a year ago, ESPN was one of the media outlets that picked up our study about the scholarship disparities that exist in gender symmetric sports. And today, ESPN.com, in a story about the number of scholarships available in college soccer, included this important bit of perspective straight out of our ... More

The Top 10 Things You Really Didn’t Know About Title IX

Over the weekend, U.S. News and World Report put together a list of 10 Things You Didn't Know About Title IX, a list that contained points supplied by the U.S. Department of Education and the Women's Educational Equity Act Resource Center. But what U.S. News didn't count on was the fact that the CSC's Clay ... More

More on Yesterday’s Announcement on the Model Survey

Here in Washington, it's the day after the Obama Administration announced a change in the way schools can use the model survey toprove compliance with Title IX. Needless to say, while the folks at CSC were disappointed with the decision and believe that it's an incredible step backward, we're not any less committed to the ... More

All Signs Point To Title IX Rollback

Over the past couple of days, we've seen some definite signs that the Obama Administration is planning a major announcement concerningTitle IX enforcement tomorrow afternoon in Washington, D.C. Last Thursday, Libby Sander at the Chronicle of Higher Educationinterviewed Russlyn Ali of the U.S. Department of Education's ... More

USCCR Endorses Use of Model Survey in Title IX Compliance

Before the week was out, we wanted to make sure we shared some very good news that came courtesy of the U.S. Commission on Civil Rights just before the Easter holiday: The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights has released a report on accommodation of athletic interests and abilities of college students under Title IX of the ... More

More Willful Disbelief on Title IX and Men’s College Soccer

Last week, we pointed to a column by Dwight Collins at Ocala.com that made the case that Title IX was retarding the competitiveness of the U.S. Men's National Soccer Team. While we're not experts on international Soccer here at Saving Sports (though we watch quite a bit of it), we know more than a little bit about how ... More

Answering Bonnie Erbe’s Question About Title IX

Things are pretty much status quo since we last checked in at Delaware State University, currently the subject of not one, but two separate Title IX law suits concerning the elimination of its equestrian program. The suit got the attention of Bonnie Erbe, host of the PBS program, To The Contrary, something she noted ... More