January 8, 1999

Sports Administrators Remain Disturbed as U.S. Acts on Gender-Equity Complaints

By WELCH SUGGS

Education Department clears 8 institutions; 10 agree to give more aid to female athletes

A year and a half after a women's advocacy group leveled sex-discrimination complaints against 25 prominent college athletics departments, the U.S. Department of Education has quietly cleared eight of the institutions of wrongdoing, while 10 others have agreed to give more scholarship

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