September 21, 2007

U. of Colorado Ruling May Alter Enforcement of Title IX

By PETER SCHMIDT

Change could hold colleges more responsible for supervising athletes and recruits

Experts on higher-education law were divided last week on the likely impact of a federal court's decision to revive a gender-discrimination lawsuit against the University of Colorado at Boulder. Some lawyers, however, were predicting that colleges would become much more vulnerable to such litigation if the court's ruling is allowed to stand.

In a decision issued this month, a three-judge panel of

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