Inside Higher Ed
January 12, 2010
A federal judge late last month dismissed a lawsuit in which advocates for men's sports challenged the legality both of James Madison University's 2006 decision to eliminate 10 sports and of the U.S. Education Department guidelines on which the university based that decision. The strongly worded opinion by Judge Glen E. Conrad of the federal court in western Virginia rejects claims by the group Equity in Athletics, Inc., that the government's 1979 guidelines to carry out Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 in athletics violated a wide range of federal and Virginia laws.
Full Story: http://www.insidehighered.com/news/2010/01/12/qt#217292
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Tuesday, January 12, 2010
Monday, November 16, 2009
Title IX suit targets KU men’s athletics
LJWorld.com
By Andy Hyland
November 15, 2009
Complaint focuses on level of competition for under-represented gender
A former Kansas University swimmer and member of the 1980 Olympic team has filed a Title IX complaint against the university, alleging that the school does not offer adequate competition for men.
The federal education department’s Office of Civil Rights will investigate the claim filed by Ron Neugent, who is now a dentist in Wichita.
He said he filed the complaint on Sept. 25, alleging that KU fails the three-pronged test required for Title IX compliance.
Jim Marchiony, KU associate athletic director, said he wouldn’t address any of the specific allegations raised in the complaint, but said that the athletics corporation hires a Title IX consultant who has raised no issues relating to compliance.
“We are very, very comfortable with where we are with regards to Title IX and our opportunities that we give to our student-athletes,” Marchiony said.
He said that Kansas Athletics would be meeting with officials from the Office of Civil Rights in the coming weeks.
Full Story: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/nov/15/title-ix-suit-targets-ku-mens-athletics/?city_local
By Andy Hyland
November 15, 2009
Complaint focuses on level of competition for under-represented gender
A former Kansas University swimmer and member of the 1980 Olympic team has filed a Title IX complaint against the university, alleging that the school does not offer adequate competition for men.
The federal education department’s Office of Civil Rights will investigate the claim filed by Ron Neugent, who is now a dentist in Wichita.
He said he filed the complaint on Sept. 25, alleging that KU fails the three-pronged test required for Title IX compliance.
Jim Marchiony, KU associate athletic director, said he wouldn’t address any of the specific allegations raised in the complaint, but said that the athletics corporation hires a Title IX consultant who has raised no issues relating to compliance.
“We are very, very comfortable with where we are with regards to Title IX and our opportunities that we give to our student-athletes,” Marchiony said.
He said that Kansas Athletics would be meeting with officials from the Office of Civil Rights in the coming weeks.
Full Story: http://www2.ljworld.com/news/2009/nov/15/title-ix-suit-targets-ku-mens-athletics/?city_local
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