The obligations of colleges and universities under existing laws prohibiting sex discrimination against employees and students are summarized. Principal federal sources of legal obligation regarding employees are the equal protection clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act of 1963, and Executive Order No. 11246. For students, the principal sources are the equal protection clause and Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Strategies for compliance include the following: (1) carefully select and train key academic and administrative personnel, including faculty on review and search committees; (2) design and disseminate a policy of sexual equity, assign responsibility for its implementation, train line personnel, monitor residual sexual bias, and design and implement remedial programs to ensure compliance with the policy; and (3) complement the steps with indemnification of losses suffered as a result of intentional discrimination. (LB)