This training model is designed to assist educational personnel and interested citizens in the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 and the attainment of sex equity in education. The manual is especially designed for members of community groups, parents, and other persons not employed by the school system. Materials…

This report was compiled to insure compliance with current Board of Trustees' and Title IX guidelines relative to intercollegiate athletics; to report the status of athletic facilities and funding, student athletic recruitment, and athletics staffing; and to determine the desired scope, standards, and emphasis of the college's athletic program. To…

A Title IX Monitoring Project which was developed in Jefferson County, Kentucky, is described. Findings regarding sex discrimination in the public schools and a lack of public awareness about Title IX before the Project are outlined. (GC)

This chapter describes the dramatically changed external landscape in which community college leaders pursue state dollars and details how other spending priorities in health care, K-12 education, and corrections negatively affect the states' ability to fund community colleges.

Through a review of the literature, analysis of eleven Title IX grievance plans, and interviews with four compliance officers, twelve criteria essential to an effective grievance procedure for use by students were identified and incorporated into a model Title IX grievance procedure for Moraine Valley Community College (Illinois). The twelve…

A survey was undertaken of 102 community colleges in California to determine: (1) managerial practices related to affirmative action; (2) the relationship between the management of Title IX and affirmative action programs; and (3) the extent to which the duties of affirmative action officers are considered full-time or collateral duties. The…

Since its inception in 1972, Title IX has changed how the American higher education system functions at all levels. Colleges and universities continue to struggle to comply with Title IX's unspecified standards for accommodating the interests and needs of students. Due to community college administration structures and funding sources typically…

This paper cites student financial aid as an instance of Federal policy effect on institutional autonomy. It first cites the Higher Education Act of 1972 as a change in Federal policy from institutional funding to portable grants for the student. The second part of the paper discusses the shift of emphasis from higher education to postsecondary…

Discusses the ramifications of Title IX and asserts that access to variety without the limitations of tradition for women, both as students and employees, is the guts of Title IX as it is the heart of the community college movement. (JG)

This manual is a workbook designed to prepare and help citizens' groups to campaign for equal education for children of both sexes in their communities' public elementary and secondary schools. The manual is divided into two major sections. Section I, "Planning Your Campaign," includes chapters on (1) goal setting; (2) analyzing the…

The character and impact of citizen monitoring groups are examined in this report, which evaluates groups monitoring three civil rights issues related to public education: race desegregation, sex equity, and services for the handicapped. The authors conducted site visits to study monitoring of race desegregation in 15 school systems, sex equity in…

This document is a transcript of hearings conducted in Hartford, Connecticut, before the United States Senate Subcommittee on the Handicapped on the effects of deinstitutionalization of the mentally retarded. The bulk of the testimony was given by Connecticut officials and leaders in the mental health field. They presented evidence and case…

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…

Explains how courts have interpreted sexual harassment to constitute sexual discrimination under Title IX, how the "deliberate indifference" standard may be applied to sexual harassment cases, how courts disagree on school liability for student-to-student harassment, and that school personnel are now being sued for damages. Provides…

Based on reports generated by the Michigan office of the Project on Equal Education Rights (PEER), this report documents how schools in Michigan perpetuate sex bias/discrimination, and describes what is being done to encourage sex equity. The report also examines the extent of school compliance with Title IX (Education Amendments of 1972), which…