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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Education has confirmed that Baylor University, the Baptist research institution in Waco, Texas, is immune from certain Title IX complaints “to the extent that they are inconsistent with the University’s religious tenets,” wrote Catherine E. The confirmation follows other Title IX trouble for Baylor.

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2023 Women's College Basketball Another Mile-Marker in Title IX

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Amy Wilson, the NCAA’s managing director of inclusion, said that as the NCAA began laying out its Title IX celebrations, there was no doubt that this should be the culmination. It’s a celebration of all the opportunities that Title IX has provided in education and athletics,” Wilson points out.

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Education Department: Arcadia University Violated Title IX

Confessions of a Community College Dean

Arcadia University mishandled complaints that a professor was sexually harassing students, violating Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights said Tuesday.

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OCR: San Francisco Conservatory of Music Violated Title IX

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The San Francisco Conservatory of Music’s response to a student’s report of sexual assault and stalking “violated Title IX at every stage” and was “deliberately indifferent,” the Education Department’s Office for Civil Rights found in its investigation of the private college.

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Is Title IX really protecting college students from sexual misconduct on campus?

University Business

This summer, the US Department of Education celebrated 50 years of Title IX while proposing new changes to its regulation. It gave educational institutions better guidance on how to provide students with equitable education free from harassment based on sexual orientation. A look at the data.

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Washington Update: NPRM, FAFSA, Title IX, NC-SARA: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 206 with host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and guest Tom Netting

The Change Leader, Inc.

In this episode of the Changing Higher Ed podcast, Tom Netting, President of TEN Government Strategies, joins Drumm to provide a comprehensive update on the latest developments in higher education policy.

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Court Rejects Suit Challenging Title IX Exemptions

Confessions of a Community College Dean

A federal district court last week rejected a suit challenging the right of the Education Department to grant exemptions, as required by federal law, to some religious colleges from certain provisions of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.