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Federal district court rulings have found that sexual harassment constitutes discrimination under Title IX and Title VII, according to a November 1, 1982. Radcliffe Union of Students letter to Rosovsky. Colleges and universities--which fall under the jurisdiction of the laws because they receive various forms of federal aid--therefore must take all steps within their power to protect their students and faculty from harassment...
...partial changing of the guard comes at a time when the Court has already made some alarming about faces regarding previous rulings. East year, in the Grove City case, the Court sided with the Reagan Administration in its reinterpretation of Title IX of the Civil Right Act. The 1983 ruling decreed that only specific departments in colleges or universities discriminating on grounds of sex should lose federal funds, not the entire instillation. In what many consider to be a stinging below to affirmative action, the Court ruled in Memphis vs. Stotts that seniority look precedence over minority hiring when that...
...University last year became concerned about its connections with the clubs when it was revealed that Harvard might be liable under Title IX of the Civil Rights Act for promoting sex discrimination, since the clubs do not admit women. It was under the shadow of this concern that College officials began investigating the specific links to the clubs, and whether such ties did in fact constitute a violation of Title IX. The issue was further spotlighted in the spring when an edition of the Pi Eta Speakers' Club newsletter containing highly sexist language and imagery became public. Although...
...first step was the passage in 1972 of Title IX of the Education Amendments Act, which prohibits sex discrimination in federally assisted educational programs, including sports. Title IX became effective only in 1975, and enforcement has been sketchy. But the threat of losing federal funds was enough to raise the number of women in intercollegiate athletic programs from 16,000 in 1972 to more than 150,000 today. In high schools the percentage of women athletes jumped from 7% to 35% by 1982. At the same time, the percentage of money attached to all college sports expanded from 1 % spent...
However, few sports programs are federally funded, and the Women's Sports Foundation fears for the future support of women's athletics. Last February the Supreme Court ruled that Title IX applies only to programs receiving federal funds, not to institutions. A bill to overturn the decision is in the Senate. One problem, explains U.S. Olympic Swim Team Man ager Bev Montrella, is "we look at female gold-medal winners with the same esteem as men. But in colleges, men's athletics is still where...