An organization that advocates Title IX reform says opportunities to play tennis are shrinking in NCAA Division I because of the law. The College Spo...
Title IX requires universities to consider the athletic interests of its women students. Gutted by the Bush Administration in 2005, the law was reinvigorated by Obama this past week.
Title IX's empowering legacy is nothing short of transformative, indeed revolutionary. And yet, its empowering legacy merely aspired to a situation of "separate but equal" in the culturally crucial world of sports.
The U.S. Department of Education is repealing a Bush-era policy that some critics argue was a way to avoid complying with federal law in providing equ...
On April 8th the Federal Court in New York City will hear the oral argument in a Federal suits against the Women's Studies Program at Columbia University.
February 24, 2010 marked a sad day in South Orange, New Jersey for Seton Hall University. This was the day that university President Robert Shee...
It is quite startling that many people who would never consider segregation based on race or religion in a public school would accept sex segregation.
It's not primarily Senator Kennedy's words that make him one of the great defenders of modern liberalism. His life itself is living proof of the central liberal idea that government can help make people's lives better.
The Supreme Court's ruling last week in Ricci vs. DeStefano should not be understated: the decision threatens to undermine the vital function of the country's historic civil rights legislation.
Title IX's achievements are in grave danger of being scaled back. Gender equality cannot be achieved by cutting programs that allow girls to get the same chance to compete, learn, and play.
Colleges and universities face economic turmoil like the rest of society. They have found that cut-backs in the varsity athletic programs offered to students are an easier way to address financial concerns.
For too long, federalism, the Madisonian concept of shared power between state and federal government, has been an idea monopolized by conservatives.
When Obama mentioned Ledbetter in a debate, McCain muttered that it would create "a trial lawyers dream." He claims lawyers could take advantage of women who allege discrimination.
Sometimes I think we take Title IX for granted -- whether watching the finest female athletes competing on a world stage, or watching teenage girls working together to win a high school volleyball match, the benefits are clear.
