Title IX

             Twenty-nine years ago congress passed legislation that attempted to level the "playing field" for women in athletics and academics at colleges and universities. In 1972 Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 was introduced, banning sex discrimination in schools, whether it be in academics or athletics. Title IX states:
             "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, or denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving federal aid."
             Although most controversy regarding Title IX has been created by athletics, Title IX has forced considerable gains worth mentioning in the education and academics field. Before Title IX many colleges and universities saw no problem in refusing to admit women for any apparent reason. According to an article in the New York Law School Journal of Human Rights, student author Joseph Filippone found that in 1994, 38% of medical degrees were handed out to women, as opposed to 9% in 1972. In 1994, women earned 43% of law degrees, compared with 7% in 1972. As for doctoral degrees handed out to women, 44% in 1994, 25% in 1977.
             So it is very obvious that Title IX has made considerable pushes for gender equity in academics in the last twenty-nine years. As a Women's Soccer Coach at the University of Redlands, strict admissions guidelines on women, biased decisions by administration on admissions, and action or in-action, for that matter, not in compliance with Title IX affects my position as a recruiter and coach.
             Concerning athletics, Title IX governs the overall equity of treatment and opportunity, while giving schools the flexibility to choose sports based on four things. Student body interests, geographic influences, a schools budget restraints, and gender ratio. The focus of Title IX is to give women equal opportunities as men on a whole, not an individ...

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