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Because the clubs discriminate against women--and, some say, minorities--by denying them access to membership, it is possible that the University's links to the clubs constitute a violation of Title IX of the Civil Rights Act which states that institutions that discriminate against women are not elibible for federal funds...
WHEN THE Reagan Administration argued in front of the Supreme Court this week for a narrow interpretation of Title IX of the Education Amendment Act of 1972, a law prohibiting sexual discrimination by any university receiving federal funds, it abandoned its passive disdain for women's rights in favor of an active hostility toward them...
...threatens to outlive his tenure. Under the new ruling, universities may sexually discriminate so long as it is not in a program receiving any federal aid. This could lead to among other things, unequal treatment of women in hiring decisions, class selection, where limited, and athletics. Whereas previously Title IX insured the equal funding of both men's and women's sports, women's groups and civil liberties organizations are now predicting the revised law will lead to the demise of women's athletics. The ruling should hit women athletes especially hard in large universities that do not always share...
...ruling is most likely to affect large universities that invest a lot of money is men's sports, such as football and basketball. Under the earlier interpretations of Title IX, these schools were required to provide similar funding and treatment for men's and women's athletics or risk losing all federal funds. But under the recent decision, shifting funds away from women's sports would jeopardize federal aid to other university programs. As a result critics of ht decision contend, university with limited athletic budgets may be inclined to cut back on women's programs...
Steiner said Harvard, like other Ivy League schools, have faced fewer financial pressures under Title IX because of its more limited athletic programs. "Here, we are not into big-time athletics, "he said, adding, "We don't spend large sums of money on athletic scholarships and so Title Ix hasn't pinched...