Title IX, Sex Discrimination, and Intercollegiate Athletics : A Legal Overview.

Provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Focuses on Title IX prohibition on sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics, and reviews the three-part test th...

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Bibliographic Details
Corporate Authors:	Library of Congress. Congressional Research Service, ProQuest (Firm)
Format:	eBook
Language:	English
Published:	[Place of publication not identified] : [publisher not identified], 2004.
Series:	U.S. Congressional Research.
Subjects:	Universities and colleges. Discrimination in education. Federal aid to education. Electronic books.
Online Access:	Connect to the full text of this electronic book

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Summary:	Provides an overview of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance. Focuses on Title IX prohibition on sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics, and reviews the three-part test that Department of Education (ED) uses to determine whether institutions are providing nondiscriminatory athletic participation opportunities for both male and female students. Summarizes ED Commission on Opportunity in Athletics report on Title IX, ED response to the report, and discusses recent legal challenges to the Title IX regulations and the three-part test.
Item Description:	Record is based on bibliographic data in ProQuest U.S. Congressional Research Digital Collection (last viewed Nov. 2010). Reuse except for individual research requires license from ProQuest, LLC. CRS Report. Electronic resource.
Physical Description:	1 online resource.