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Though Harvard has not committed any "blatant" violations of Title IX--which states that schools receiving federal aid must provide "equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes"--Kleinfelder says that the College's athletic department is not abiding by the spirit...
This October, the school reinstated the sportsto varsity status and promised to bring itsprograms into compliance with Title IX regulationswithin five years...
...they wanted to get a strong femaleapplicant, they wouldn't have worded the ad thatway," says Kleinfelder, who was the firstfull-time women's coach hired under Title IX. Shesays she complained to Henry about the ad'swording...
Last week, the department presented an annualreport on Title IX progress at Harvard to theStanding Committee on Athletics. But Kleinfeldersays she was not asked to contribute to thereport...
...fairness problem is particularly acute with respect to women's sports. While Title IX, a provision of the 1972 federal Education Amendments, legally requires schools to provide "equal athletic opportunity for members of both sexes," Harvard, as well as most other schools, is far from achieving equality. Carole Kleinfelder--the coach of the women's lacrosse team, which has had more big victories in recent years than almost any other Harvard team--sees a disparity in the amount of funding and support from the University and alumni that women's teams...