6 Results for tag: Delaware State University
Yesterday, a judge in Delaware approved the settlement agreement between
Delaware State University and the members of the school's equestrian team in a suit that began a little less than a year ago. If you're interested in the history of the case, feel free to browse our archives, but what really caught my eye this morning was the price tag the school will ...
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The News Journal, a paper in Delaware, reported some additional details about the settlement the school reached this week with the members of its Equestrian team:
DSU officials, in a press release Friday, said they will "embrace" their obligation to provide increased opportunities for women in varsity sports. "DSU commits to achieving gender equity within ...
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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 yesterday at her blog at U.S. News ...
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A couple of weeks ago, we mentioned how
Delaware State University was possibly courting trouble when it decided to cut men's tennis and equestrian from its athletic program. The problem: there was simply no way that the cuts could be defended from a possible Title IX law suit.
Yesterday, what we warned about has come to pass, as an incoming student ...
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Many of our readers will recall that back in 2008, the College Sports Council published a study concerning the ongoing Title IX threat to America's Historically Black Colleges and Universities or HBCUs. That CSC study found:
73% of the nation's 75 HBCUs that are co-educational and have athletic programs were out of compliance with the strict ...
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Click here for the official announcement. I think it's worth noting that back in February 2008, the College Sports Council issued a study warning that nearly all of the nation's Historically Black Colleges and Universities were out of compliance with Title IX's proportionality standard, putting over 3,300 male athletes at risk nationwide.
One of the ...
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