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I'm saddened and alarmed by the recent changes made by the Department of Education in regard to enforcement of Title IX ("A New Attack on Women's Sports," editorial, April 12).
Mr. Ruttenberg, who was directing the Labor Department's enforcement of Title VI, sent 10 teams around the country to investigate nearly 50 complaints of discrimination and other suspicious situations.
The feminists who rushed, blocked and tackled for the enactment and then enforcement of Title IX are celebrating 30 years of legislation that mandates gender equity in federally funded activities.
"No one is calling for an end to Title IX, but everyone is calling for a fair enforcement of Title IX," said Eric Pearson, chairman of the College Sports Council.
The American Sports Council, which filed the suit, and other critics of the government's enforcement of Title IX have long argued that the first option — that female athletes be represented in numbers that are proportionate to overall enrollment — amounts to a quota system that has pushed colleges to eliminate low-profile men's teams rather than expanding sports for women.
And I won't be dismissed by that other argument I've heard (ad nauseam) from those women's advocates unwilling to let proportionality go -- namely, that to oppose proportionality, or even the crudest enforcement of Title IX to eliminate men's sports programs, is tantamount to being antifeminist and hostile to women in sports.
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Northwestern was thrust into the national spotlight last spring, after professor Laura Kipnis found herself the subject of a Title IX investigation for an essay she wrote that was, ironically, critical of the over-enforcement of Title IX.
"Yet this does not mean universities are free to throw the book at all those accused of sexual assault in order to avoid charges of under-enforcement of Title IX standards (as some Title IX critics may believe)." Yu's lawsuit was among a growing number of cases filed by students accused of sexual misconduct claiming they were mistreated during the adjudication processes.
And it includes a provision stating that, when in doubt, "the enforcement of this title shall be broadly construed in favor of the authority of a state insurance regulator" over the CFPB.
"What they have a right to demand is evenhanded enforcement of the law — of Title VII's prohibition against discrimination based on race.
The writer is a founder and secretary of the College Sports Council, which advocates reform of Title IX enforcement.
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