384 Results for tag: Title IX
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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One of the great frustrations I have about talking with gender quota activists is there complete lack of empathy with the athletes who have been hurt by the way
Title IX has been enforced. And one of the stories that needs to be told concerns the Baseball team at Providence College, a squad that found out its program was going to be eliminated at the end of ...
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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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I was on the phone with CSC chairman Eric Pearson earlier today, and he pointed me to the following page on the USTA Web site that he thought we should share with our readers:
Top Reasons to Offer a No-Cut Tennis Program
* It's the right thing to do - every child should have the opporunity to engage in healthy, lifelong activities in a safe and ...
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Earlier this morning, I saw the following question posted on Yahoo! Answers: "I think there should be reform in
Title IX. Do you agree?"
While I think it's clear what my answer would be, I think our readers should feel free to chime in with their own responses.
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For those of you unfamiliar with the acronym, STEM stands for Science, Technology, Engineering and Math. And once gender quota activists have done their level best to drive men off the playing field at the college level, expect them to turn their attention to those academic programs.
Sally Pipes, who writes "The Contrarian" at the Pacific Research ...
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From the Athens Banner-Herald:
There's nothing wrong with the original intent of
Title IX. Women absolutely should have "equal opportunity." But part of the misinterpretation of
Title IX was citing the fact that collegiate football teams averaged about 85 scholarships on the squad, and therefore other men's sports were reduced in numbers to help the women ...
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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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From KU Sports:
Kansas Athletics has reached an agreement with the government addressing a complaint that it discriminates against male athletes.
KU will have to submit documentation and a plan to ensure it is in full compliance with the law as part of the agreement, which resolves a
Title IX complaint filed last November.
The agreement doesn’t ...
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Reprinted from Swimming World Magazine:
PITTSBURGH, Pennsylvania, May 6. ON January 25, 2010, Duquesne University announced the elimination of four (4) collegiate men's athletic programs, including swimming, baseball, wrestling and golf. The University cited
Title IX (gender equity), as well as a desire to allocate further funds to its core sports ...
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