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Measuring The Reach Of Title Ix: Defining Program And Recipient In Higher Education, James H. Brooks
Measuring The Reach Of Title Ix: Defining Program And Recipient In Higher Education, James H. Brooks
Akron Law Review
Two main issues are raised by Grove City College v. Bell and will be analyzed in this article. First, should the Supreme Court construe a post-secondary institution as a "program" for purposes of Title IX? Second, should aid to students be considered federal financial assistance to the institution?
Rich Kids, Poor Kids, And The Single-Sex Education Debate, Rosemary Salomone
Rich Kids, Poor Kids, And The Single-Sex Education Debate, Rosemary Salomone
Akron Law Review
Over the past decade, the subject of publicly supported, single-sex education has generated considerable debate in legal and policy circles. Since 1996, much of that debate has centered around the Supreme Court’s decision in the Virginia Military Institute case and how that case intersects with Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. In VMI, Justice Ginsburg, speaking for the Court, stated that gender classifications must have “an exceedingly persuasive justification” in order to pass muster under the Fourteenth Amendment equal protection clause.1 That decision has become a key factor in recent efforts by school districts to establish single-sex schools …