50 Results for tag: gender quotas
All over the country, we see that the basic message about the damage
gender quotas is doing to interscholastic athletics is getting out. However, fewer folks seem to understand that the reach of Title IX could very well be coming to a college major near you.
Here's a passage from an excellent opinion piece that appeared this morning in The Beacon, the ...
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Over in the Daily Trojan, USC freshman Allegra Tepper is thinking out loud about Title IX and equality:
Statutes like Title IX, which prohibits sex discrimination in any program or activity at any educational institution, have grown increasingly archaic. I can’t imagine girls storming Cromwell Field with pitchforks and torches if, heaven forbid, we had a ...
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From Florida Today:
A well-meaning attempt by a group of parents to fund an extracurricular sport at a Brevard public high school could be blocked by concerns over gender and low-income discrimination.
Parents of about 35 Edgewood Jr./Sr. High students want to pay about $7,000 annually for a coach’s salary and other costs to turn a self-funded baseball ...
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Over at Sports Law Blog, my old friend Michael McCann has posted the schedule for the Boston College Law Review Symposium on the NCAA. It's set to take place on October 15, 2010.
There are all sorts of interesting panels -- and congrats to Mike for getting picked to participate in one of them -- but the panel that caught my eye was one that's been schedu...
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At the end of July, many proponents of reform of Title IX enforcement got an early Christmas present from ESPN.com when Gregg Easterbrook, better known as the author of the Tuesday Morning Quarterback column, penned an extensive take on why Title IX needed to be reformed.
For me, it felt like a landmark moment. For the most part, we don't see many person...
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Yesterday, I shared a link to a column by Wendy Parker where she called for a total revamp of Title IX enforcement that was published over at Blue Star Basketball. As for the aftermath, The Title IX Blog, Women's Hoops, Swish Appeal and They're Playing Basketballcame after Parker with knives sharpened.
Parker posted her response today:
It seems like ...
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Earlier today, National Review Online ran a piece by College Sports Council Chairman Eric Pearson about the rollback of the model survey option for Title IX compliance by the Obama Administration. It's called, "The 'No Brainer' Gender Quota."
The long-term impact of the recent rollback is that colleges will continue to eliminate men’s teams in order ...
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Here's a Letter to the Editor that was published at PhillyBurbs.com this morning that I wanted to share:
To the Editor:
Ms. Koblan's May 10 letter fails to state the intent of Title IX. Unfortunately, Title IX is no longer faithful to anti-discrimination. Instead, it discriminates against males and has contributed to the reduction of programs for male ...
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A few weeks back we told you about how the wrestling team at CS-Bakersfield was slated for elimination. Earlier today, the Bakersfield American ran an editorial by CSC Chairman Eric Pearson where he writes about how the team has earned a chance to continue:
California's statewide budget crisis has hit college campuses hard. Students have protested cuts ...
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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 McEldowney was paying attention, and came ...
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