Defying Rumors, Bush Administration Defends Status Quo on Title IX

In a decision that surprised many observers, the U.S. Department of Justice asked a federal judge here last week to dismiss a lawsuit brought by wrestling coaches and advocates of other men's sports. The groups were challenging the Education Department's enforcement of the law governing gender equity in sports and education.

Speculation had built in recent weeks that the Bush administration might use the lawsuit as an opportunity to alter how Title IX of the Education Amendments of

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