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Sandler, Bernice R. – 1989
This booklet helps institutions understand the restoration of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and changes resulting from the Civil Rights Restoration Act. Title IX prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted education programs. A 1984 ruling held that Title IX covers only programs or activities funded with federal money. In…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Civil Rights, College Athletics
Fair, Martha H.; And Others – 1979
This training model is designed to assist education personnel and interested citizens in the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in education. Workshop sessions are designed for administrators, Title IX coordinators, school board members, teachers, counselors, vocational education…
Descriptors: Educational Change, Educational Policy, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education
Knox, Holly – 1982
The existence of Federal laws and policies supportive of educational equity for women was challenged with the election of President Reagan in 1980. The Reagan Administration's philosophy of providing block grants to States threatened to eliminate the Women's Educational Equity Act (WEEA) and Title IV of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, both designed…
Descriptors: Civil Rights, Community Influence, Community Organizations, Elementary Secondary Education
Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1981
This report summarizes memoranda issued by the Department of Education's Office for Civil Rights 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 in reference to Title IX concern discrimination in athletic programs, sex…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Athletics, Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education
Commission on Civil Rights, Washington, DC. – 1980
This report reassesses for the Department of Education (ED) the enforcement effort of Title IX by the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) and offers recommendations. OCR is criticized for being very slow to issue important guidelines, process complaints, conduct compliance reviews, and enforce the law. Also OCR is charged with showing little commitment…
Descriptors: Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Databases
Association of American Colleges, Washington, DC. Project on the Status and Education of Women. – 1980
The Department of Health, Education and Welfare's (HEW) final version of its policy interpretation on sex discrimination in varsity collegiate athletics is presented. The policy interpretation is intended to clarify what the Title IX regulation requires and will be used to determine whether a college's intercollegiate athletic program is in…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Athletic Equipment, College Students, Compliance (Legal)
Wirtenberg, Jeana – 1980
Title IX has significant implications for overcoming generations of inequality in the educational opportunities that have been afforded to females. The sex-desegregation of industrial arts and home economics was examined to measure the impact of Title IX on the occupational potential of seventh-grade girls and boys. In the experimental condition,…
Descriptors: Adolescents, Comparative Analysis, Cultural Influences, Educational Legislation
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Shiffrin, Mark A. – Change, 1978
By summer of 1978, the Office of Civil Rights expects higher education institutions to be in compliance with Title IX of the Higher Education Act, the provision mandating equal treatment of the sexes. Implications are discussed, especially in the areas of access for the handicapped and the tuition tax credit. (LBH)
Descriptors: Access to Education, Affirmative Action, Compliance (Legal), Developing Institutions
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
The Supreme Court will not hear the Brown University (Rhode Island) appeal in "Brown vs. Cohen," letting stand rulings that the university had violated Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments by cutting financial support for women's volleyball and gymnastics teams. Advocates for women's athletics see the court's refusal to intervene as…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Court Litigation, Equal Education
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Carpenter, Linda Jean; Acosta, R. Vivian – CUPA Journal, 1993
A discussion of Title IX of the 1972 Education Amendments, concerning sex discrimination in federally funded education programs, looks at grievance procedures, the effect of the legislation over time, factors encouraging swift compliance, and ways that a college or university can protect itself and its students. Focus is on college athletics. (MSE)
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, Athletes, College Administration, College Athletics
McCune, Shirley; Matthews, Martha – 1978
This 2-day workshop package was developed to address the needs of members of community groups, parents, and other persons not employed by school systems with regard to Title IX and sex equity. The role of the community in reinforcing sex fairness and eliminating sex bias in teacher education curricula and in the classroom is the focus of this…
Descriptors: Change Agents, Change Strategies, Community Role, Educational Change
McClure, Phyllis – 1976
This paper examines the compliance activities of the Office for Civil Rights (OCR) undertaken to eliminate racial and sex discrimination in special purpose schools administered by State departments of education. After reviewing background to non-enforcement of Title VI, and briefly explaining Title IX, the activities of OCR with regard to special…
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Secondary Education, Equal Education, Law Enforcement
Linney, Thomas J.; Ross, Kathleen – 1979
The impact of federal student aid programs on higher education and policy implications are discussed. Historical information on federal aid is presented. Large amounts of federal support are devoted to student assistance funding, which is channeled into the institutions in the form of tuition or housing costs. The student aid programs are designed…
Descriptors: College Students, Conference Reports, Educational Finance, Equal Education
Saunders, Charles B., Jr. – 1974
The following remarks were made by the U. S. Acting Assistant Secretary for Education: America has made progress in education and social justice but many problems (high school dropouts, jobs not commensurate with employee skills and abilities, and unsatisfying work) are far from solved. Current programs and Federal career education initiative have…
Descriptors: Career Choice, Career Education, Career Ladders, Dropouts
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Office for Civil Rights (ED), Washington, DC. – 1997
Since the passage of Title IX in 1972, the expectations for women's achievement have risen. This document presents a snapshot of the progress made toward gender equity in education and the barriers remaining. Females have increasingly enrolled in and completed college, obtained a greater number of graduate and professional degrees, participated in…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Civil Rights Legislation, Dropout Rate, Educational Attainment
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