383 Results for tag: Title IX
Allison Kasic of the Independent Women's Forum just gave us a heads up that she's published a new position paper on
Title IX. It's titled,
Title IX and Athletics: A Case Study of Perverse Incentives and Unintended Consequences.
From the executive summary:
June 23rd marks the 38th anniversary of
Title IX, the federal law that bans sex discrimination ...
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I wanted our readers to know that the folks at the National Women's Law Center have posted their rebuttal to the College Sports Council study on Division I soccer to a Web site called Opposing Views (clickhere for the specific post). We don't have a whole lot to add that we didn't leave in the comment string there, or already post to the blog ...
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A few moments ago, the College Sports Council published the following press release.
CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players
Growth of male teams stifled by
Title IX's gender quota
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 10, 2010 -- A study by the College Sports Council (CSC) released on the eve of the ...
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I think the best way to look at the study we published earlier today would be to look at a number of the charts ...
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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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It's not often that we get to share good news, but when it happens, we want to shout it from the rooftops. Here's the latest news from CS-Bakersfield, where four teams that had been slated for elimination have been saved. Details from KGET.com:
The president of Cal State University Bakersfield reinstated three sports that were set to be dropped from the ...
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Details from FloridaToday.com. The team will have six roster slots and three scholarships.
For our previous takes on the topic, click here.
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Over the past week or so, there's been a lot of chatter back and forth on the Web concerning a New York Times story about the popularity of flag football for girls in Florida high schools. On the one hand, you have a number of folks from the women's sports establishment who can't seem to make up their mind whether or not this is a good thing:
“No one ...
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Earlier this year, we introduced you to Andy Bayer, a walk-on athlete at the University of Indiana who persevered through injury to become an All-American in cross country.
Today, I'd like to introduce you to another walk-on who didn't let injury and a roster cap keep him from his dream of earning himself a place at the NCAA Track Championships. His name ...
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One of the little known side effects of
Title IX enforcement are the costs that it imposes on school districts around the country. One of the more recent examples comes from Arrowhead High School in Hartland, Wisconsin. According to local reports, handling a recent suit that resulted in the school adding a girl's lacrosse team cost somewhere in the ...
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