The Chronicle on Higher Education
December 16, 2009
By Ben Terris
Washington
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights today approved a list of 19 colleges and universities that it will examine for evidence of gender discrimination in undergraduate admissions.
The commission aims to find out if the institutions—a mix of public, private, religious, secular, and historically black colleges and universities—are giving admissions preferences to men as the number of female applicants rises. Title IX, the federal gender-equity law best known for opening up opportunities for women in sports, prohibits educational institutions that receive federal funds from discriminating against applicants based on gender.
The colleges and universities will be subpoenaed by the commission not because their admissions practices have raised red flags, but because they represent a diverse group of institutions and are within 100 miles of Washington. (The commission has subpoena power only within 100 miles of where it holds its meetings.) ....
The institutions to be subpoenaed are Georgetown, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Lincoln (Pa.), Shepherd, and Virginia Union Universities; Gettysburg, Goldey-Beacom, Goucher, Messiah, and Washington Colleges; the Catholic University of America; Loyola University Maryland; Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; York College of Pennsylvania; and the Universities of Delaware, of Maryland-Baltimore County, of Maryland-Eastern Shore, and of Richmond.
Full Story: http://chronicle.com/article/Civil-Rights-Panel-Names-19/62613/?sid=pm&utm_source=pm&utm_medium=en
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