College OTR: Title IX

Battle of the Sexes in Science: Title IX Dispute

Posted by The Feminist Hipster07/15/2008 4:45 PM

The New York Times reported that Title IX, offering gender parity in academic institutions, will be extended to the field of science.

As discussed earlier this year, women are not as visible in the fields of physics and chemistry. There have been efforts to draw more women into these fields, but they aren't necessarily interested in taking job...

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Latest comment by Anonymous: Here's a question - why not start applying Title IX to nursing, social work, or education? If we start arbitrarily limiting the number of women from the fields they want because of their gender, then may

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Lady Wrestling Too Hardcore for the NCAA?

Posted by Susie Cagle06/02/2008 05:20 AM

High school girls wrestling has tripled in popularity over the last ten years, and the sport is gaining even more international recognition and respect in the run-up to its second showing at the Olympic Summer Games. More college women actually wrestle today than compete in archery or equestrian, which the N.C.A.A. has classified as "emerging sp

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Latest comment by Anonymous: There are a lot more schools than listed in this article that have wrestling opportunities.

College/Universities (wrestling Freestyle)
o University of the Cumberlands (NAIA) - Willi

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Richmond To Receive Diversity Award

Posted by aquamarine05/19/2008 08:18 AM

The athletic department at the University of Richmond will receive the Diversity in Athletics Award for the category of Gender Equity Compliance next month in Dallas, Texas. The award, support by the NCAA, will be given in recognition of the Richmond Spiders’ devotion to gender equity and diversity in sports.

This is great news. After all, Tit...

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