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Haworth, Karla – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Higher education associations representing hundreds of colleges and universities have filed briefs asking the Supreme Court to reverse an appeals court ruling that Brown University (Rhode Island) discriminated against female athletes in cutting support for their gymnastics and volleyball teams, in violation of federal Title IX regulation. The…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, Compliance (Legal), Constitutional Law
Haworth, Karla – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1999
A federal judge has struck down the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) freshman-eligibility standards based on standardized college entrance test scores as racially discriminatory. The ruling means that the 577 Division I and II institutions can determine their own eligibility standards, but if the ruling is reversed, some students…
Descriptors: Athletes, College Athletics, College Entrance Examinations, College Freshmen
