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...officials added, however, that proposed revisions in Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 could prompt Harvard to change procedures used to assess and report programs designed to prevent discrimination...
Bell's proposal would reverse a government position held since 1975 that Title IX forbids sex discrimination against staff members and faculty as well as students at schools and colleges that receive federal aid. Justice Department attorneys have presented the previous interpretation in a case pending before the United States Supreme Court, saying the federal code "unambiguously prohibits sex discrimination against employees...
Education Department spokesmen contradicted that position this week, arguing that Title IX was designed to cover only students, not employees. They added that the changes will not affect "substantive protection" against sex discrimination...
Despite the government's reassurances, leaders of various women's groups have denounced the proposed changes as the first indication that the administration will try to eliminate Title IX altogether. "We suspect there is much more in the works, including the dismantling of the entire code." Ann Simon, a staff attorney for the Legal Defense and Education Fund of the National Organization of Women (NOW), said yesterday...
...graduate student in the School of Education, Morris did a study assessing the Athletic Department's implementation of Title IX--a federal code requiring equal funding for women's athletics--and its procedure for elevating women's club sports to varsity status...