The six sex discrimination cases litigated in the 1971, 1974, and 1973 Terms of the Supreme Court are reviewed (the statutes, opinions, and general assumptions). It is concluded that although the Court has failed to produce a coherent doctrinal foundation for its decisions, the way is open for future sex-neutral analysis. (JT)

School policies often result in differing treatment of males and females. Sometimes the difference is clearly intended, as when homemaking is required for females and shop for males. Often, however, such intention is either lacking or unclear, as when a school refuses financial aid to its part-time students, the majority of whom are women. In…

Discusses court cases affecting womens' rights, with specific references to the articles in the October issue of Phi Delta Kappan. (JF)

Discusses recent Federal Laws and Executive Orders affecting sex discrimination in educational institutions. Also discusses probable court interpretations of these laws. (JF)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 mandates that sex discrimination be eliminated in federally assisted education programs. Although a few issues such as competitive athletics have generated wide interest, Title IX has significant implications for a variety of less publicized issues including recruiting, admissions, financial aid,…

A scale was constructed measuring beliefs about equal rights for men and women. The scale had high internal reliability. Scale scores were significantly related to subject, sex, age, and ethnic group in the directions predicted. Further, the scale discriminated involvement in a women's rights organization. (Author/JKS)

Cites studies showing women to be as good as or better than men as school principals, and calls for affirmative action to include more women in school administration. (CD)

An increased interest in the position of women, stimulated by increasing numbers of women in the labor force as well as the women's movement, has resulted in a reexamination of women's status under social security programs in many countries. Five case studies (Belgium, Federal Republic of Germany, France, Great Britain, and United States), which…

Some unemployment insurance provisions discriminate against jobless women in matters such as pregnancy and family responsibilities. (Author/BP)

The primary purpose of this article, the eighteenth chapter in a book on school law, is to discuss significant Supreme Court cases decided since 1977 concerning burden of proof in civil rights cases. In two cases, "Dayton Board of Education v. Brinkman" and "Columbus Board of Education v. Penick," the Court's most significant…

This document presents the hearings before the subcommittee on equal opportunities of the Committee on Education and Labor, House of Representatives, Ninety-Third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act. It is the purpose of this Act, in order to provide educational equity for women in this country, to encourage the…

This document presents the hearings before the Subcommittee on Education of the Committee on Labor and Public Welfare, United States Senate, Ninety-third Congress. Hearings concern the Women's Educational Equity Act of 1973. The Act enables the Secretary of Health, Education, and Welfare to make grants to conduct special educational programs and…

Effects of the Fourteenth Amendment in sex discrimination cases are examined with focus on the standard of review--strict scrutiny, rational relationship, or something in between. Early challenges and judicial attitudes, growing use of the equal protection clause, maternity benefits (Title VII vs. the Constitution), and 1974-75 Supreme Court…

The great majority of men and women in American now support the real goals and gains of the Women's Liberation Movement, even those who do not like the Movement. The Movement has grown so fast because of the real needs of women, needs that most men now support. (Author)