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When the anti-discriminatory Title IX statute first appeared in 1972, universities across the country viewed it as just another bureaucratic nightmare--a hazy set of restrictions that were all bark and no bite...
According to Pusey's successor, Derek C. Bok, there were three factors that changed around 1971, when he took office: federal money allocated to research began to level off, student aid began to be used on a larger scale and universities became subject to federal regulations such as Title IX and affirmative action...
...piece even confused Crimson editors who had no recollection of approving a piece on Title IX...
...problem that sticks out right away is that under Pettine's Title IX, the numbers required to field teams in the sports currently offered by many colleges make it impossible for them to avoid violation. Such a standard also factors out the demand of a college's students, ignoring the possibility that different levels of interest might be found within different undergraduate populations...
Clearly Title IX was not intended to close down popular sports, and nothing is gained by using it for this purpose. We can acknowledge gender differences in norms of participation without using them to erect barriers of comparison. When the demands for male and female sports are considered equally and athletes have opportunities without regard to their sex, Title IX is being observed. We should continue to see it in this light without falling into the trap of creating equations that amount to quotas. True cases of discrimination continue to be recognizable. Title IX will sift them...