3 Results for tag: PLNU

Two Title IX Softball Decisions, Same Office of Civil Rights

Last week, Santa Clara University announced that it had agreed to build an on campus softball field as part of a settlement into a Title IX investigation that had been initiated by the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights (OCR). When I read the story, I couldn't help but recall another story we had taken note of in March 2010 when the same ... More

Softball Team Leads Anti-Title IX Protest; PLNU Men’s Golf Coach Speaks Out on Title IX

On Friday we told you about the situation at Point Loma Nazarene University, a school in San Diego that cut four teams -- 3 men's and one women's -- in order to comply with the strict proportionality prong of Title IX. Yesterday, about 100 PLNU students, led by the members of the softball team, got together to protest the cuts: Some carried signs ... More

Point Loma Nazarene Softball and Three Other Men’s Teams Get Canned in Title IX Numbers Game

California continues to see cuts in its collegiate sports. Less than two weeks after Cal State Bakersfield slashed wrestling, women's tennis, and men's and women's golf, two more schools eliminated programs in an attempt to "resolve issues involving federal gender equity guidelines," also known as Title IX compliance. Cal State Northridge announced ... More