383 Results for tag: Title IX
Yesterday over at the
Title IX Blog, Erin Buzuvis took a moment to point to a 2007 GAO study on NCAA athletic participation rates to present it as evidence that claims that men's sports were being harmed by
Title IX enforcement were overblown.
We'd like to remind our readers that despite the fact that the GAO concluded that both men and women had experie...
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For a number of months now, we've been hearing whispers that UC Berkeley, the school that sponsors more varsity teams than any other in the Pac-10 with the exception of Stanford, would be looking to make some cuts thanks to the state's budget crisis. The rub here is that with the current balance in the athletic department at this point, the most logical ...
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A few days ago, on the 38th anniversary of
Title IX, the blog over at Ms. Magazine ran a piece on the critics of the law. Our friends at the Independent Women's Forum were mentioned, as was the College Sports Council. Here's the critical excerpt:
But IWF, like other
Title IX naysayers, insists that men’s sports have consistently and seriously declined in ...
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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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As many of our readers are probably already aware, June 23rd is traditionally celebrated as the anniversary of
Title IX. This year marks the law's 38th birthday, at least when you talk to the folks in the activist community who have gotten into the habit of singing its praises without noting its unintended effects -- primarily the destruction and denial of ...
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For the most part, the mainstream media has taken a pass on saying a whole lot about
Title IX on the 38th anniversary of the law, but I'd still like to take a moment to remember some of the victims of the law.
Every athletic program that's been lost mattered to somebody, but here's a list of some of the more storied athletic programs that were eliminated ...
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The 38th anniversary of the passage of
Title IX comes tomorrow, which means that many of our adversaries in the gender quota business will be making all sorts of proposals to extend the reach of the law, and its unintended consequences. Yesterday, the American Association of University Women issued the following online alert to its membership:
In honor ...
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Earlier today, I had a pleasant exchange over Twitter with Walter Olson, the mind behind the brilliant blog, Overlawyered.com. While Walter may be best known for his blog today, he wasn't always behind the controls there. Such was the case back in 1998 when he wrote a piece for Reason Magazine called, "
Title IX from Outer Space."
Here's an excerpt:
[H]ead ...
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It's been a good day for the College Sports Council and our study on disparities in Division I soccer. Earlier today, Charlotte Allen of the Independent Women's Forum wrote a piece based on our study entitled, "Why U.S. Men's Soccer Will Decline." Here's an excerpt:
The effect of the proportionality rule on opportunities for young men to play college ...
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Just a week after the College Sports Council published a study about the disparities in Division I soccer, El Gato, a student publication at the University of Houston, published a story about how
Title IX prevents that school from fielding a men's varsity soccer team:
The University of Houston has 16 sports programs, but one of the sports programs not ...
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