Brown U. Found to Have Discriminated Against Female Athletes

The appeals-court decision, which upheld U.S. rules requiring gender equity in sports, could have a wide impact in academe

By Jim Naughton

Advocates of increased support for women's athletics won a significant victory last week when a federal appeals panel upheld a lower court's ruling that Brown University had discriminated against female athletes by...

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