R. Gaull Silberman Center for Collegiate Studies Title IX
Title IX turned 36 this week
While many, including feminists and left-wing politicians, applauded this historical date, Allison Kasic, director of the R. Gaull Silberman Center for Collegiate Studies at the Independent Women's Forum, in an op-ed in today's Christian Science Monitor, believes you should take a closer look at the legacy of Title IX.
Podcast Alert: Title IX
Over on the podcast page, Carrie Lukas and I discuss Title IX, the state of collegiate athletics, and the recent program cuts at Arizona State University.
Going to the Mat for Oregon Wrestling
Members of the University of Oregon wrestling team filed suit Friday afternoon in the Oregon Circuit Court for Marion County, seeking to prevent the University from dropping wrestling as an intercollegiate sport.
Title IX Invades Academia
Today, many gender activists and bureaucrats are trying to use Title IX in the academic world, particularly in science, technology, engineering and mathematics departments.
Title IX in the Courts
Here's the latest Title IX litigation news out of California.
Beware of the Gender Equity Hammer
Christina Hoff Sommers has a great article over at National Review Online about the potential perils of using Title IX as a "gender equity hammer" to get more women into the hard sciences.
Billie Jean King on Title IX
In USA Today'sweekend magazine, Cokie Roberts interviewed tennis legend Billie Jean King about the legacy of Title IX and women in sports.
Wade Hughes on Title IX
Earlier this week, former Howard University wrestling coach Wade Hughes had a fabulous article on theroot.com about Title IX at Historically Black Colleges and Universities.
Women, Science, and Title IX
Christina Hoff Sommers has a fabulous piece in the March/April issue of The American magazine about the push to apply Title IX on science education.
New Title IX Data
The College Sports Council released some interesting datatoday about Title IX and Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). The CSC's study shows that HBCUs have trouble meeting Title IX's strict proportionality test (a school's gender ratio of enrollment must match its gender ratio in athletics to pass the test).
Say Goodbye to Male Practice Players
The NCAA announced this week that women athletes in Division III will not be allowed to practice with men, except in strictly limited circumstances.
The 411 on Female Coaches
Here's the latest good news for women in sports.
Think Pink, Get Sued
As if the world needed more evidence of how absurd and capricious Title IX enforcement has become, a former University of Iowa law professor is happy to provide another example.
Apparently, this passes for a Title IX debate at Harvard
Harvard recently sponsored a Title IX discussion featuring academics that support the law and others who have problems with it. Before you get excited, I should explain that those who took issue with Title IX, did so not because Title IX's strict gender quotas have been used as a weapon to limit male athletic participation, but because it has reinforced "sex segregation":
Female vs. Male Coaches
Over at the USA Today, Christine Brennan laments that of the five candidates for the job of U.S. women's soccer coach, three candidates are men, while only two are women. Brennan is also concerned at the declining percentage of female coaches on intercollegiate women's teams. She suspects foul play.