July 29, 2005

Senate Panel Says More Proof Needed for Colleges' Compliance With Title IX

By JAMIE SCHUMAN

How should colleges prove that they are complying with a key federal gender-equity law?

This month the Senate Appropriations Committee said the U.S. Department of Education should rescind a guideline that allows colleges to use the results of a single e-mail survey to measure the demand for women's sports on their campuses. Colleges use those surveys to demonstrate compliance with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972.

Calling such survey results an insufficient

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