Title IX was enacted over 40 years ago, and although there have been marked increases in the number of girls and women participating in athletics at every level, gender equity in athletics continues to be a concern. This is especially evident at the community college level. Title IX requires equity in the areas of opportunities for participation,…

Although Title IX legislation has been in effect since 1972 and has created unprecedented positive change on intercollegiate athletics, educational institutions have still had difficulty meeting the basic requirements set forth by Title IX and ensuring gender equity in their athletic programs. Additionally, specific research has been largely…

Equal opportunities in collegiate sports, single-sex scholarships and fellowships, and sex bias in curricular material are discussed in relation to Title IX. (Author/PG)

Guidelines are given to conduct a self-evaluation study as required by Title IX. (MM)

Examines three areas of vulnerability of charitable trusts which provide scholarships restricting applicants to one sex. The first area is based on constitutional grounds; the second, under the 1972 amendment to the Education Act; and the third, the entitlement of tax exempt status. (Author/PG)

Intercollegiate athletics should focus on the individual participant in her primary role as a college student, not follow the men's model of "nothing counts but victory." (MM)

Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the Departmental Regulation (45 CFR Part 86) prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex in the operation of most federally-assisted education programs. This document provides guidance with respect to the major first-year responsibilities of an educational institution to insure equal opportunity in…

Title IX of the federal Education Amendments of 1972 requires that a fair share of athletic funds and facilities at American colleges and schools be given to females. Discusses what different schools around the United States are doing in reaction to that legislation. (Editor/RK)

In response to Title IX legislation, the Association of Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (AIAW) altered its philosophy and practice governing women's athletics to more closely reflect the values structuring men's athletic programs. Financial aid and recruitment are specifically discussed. (IAH)

A new Education Department statement on athletic scholarships, intended to clarify the term "substantially proportionate" in assessing scholarship allocation to women, has turned some colleges from institutions in compliance with Title IX's gender-equity provisions into ones that could be breaking the law. How many institutions are…

After 25 years of federal Title IX regulation, only three dozen of the top 300 college athletics programs are in compliance. Women receive less than 40% of athletic scholarships. College sports are locked into a budgetary structure that favors two dominant men's sports, football and basketball. Divisive rhetoric and resistance delay balanced…

The record of action in high schools, two-year colleges, and four-year colleges in response to Title IX is described. A clear indicator of progress toward equity for women is the amount of money budgeted for their athletic programs. Some examples are presented. (MLW)

For one woman, federal legislation forbidding sex discrimination in educational institutions receiving federal funds has made it possible to return to college on an athletic scholarship after almost two decades of waiting. Since passage of the law, the average number of sports available to women at colleges and universities and the number of women…

Although Title IX (sex discrimination) issues have received widespread notice at the universities over the past decade, this federal legislation is now expanding athletic opportunities for secondary-level girls. Growing parental activism is one reason. Noncompliance with federal law is commonplace. Montana, California, and Mississippi cases are…

This report summarizes memoranda issued by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights (OCR) to clarify policy applications of Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972), Title VI (Civil Rights Act of 1964), and Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. Cases discussed concern sex discrimination and equal opportunities in school…