Title IX: Over Thirty Years Of Controversy, Thursday, October 6, 2005

Title IX: Over Thirty Years Of Controversy

October 6, 2005 at 5:30 p.m.
Blodgett Hall Auditorium
The event is free and open to the public

Title IX, the federal statute that governs the equity of treatment and opportunity for women transformed women's opportunities in education and athletics, and thirty-three years after its passage, the controversy and concern over Title IX hasn't waned. Proponents hail it as a groundbreaking law that opened the world of sports to women, while opponents charge that it unfairly denies athletic opportunities to men.

Leslie Annexstein, J.D., Director of the American Association of University Women Legal Advocacy Fund and Neena Chaudhry, J.D., Senior Counsel for the National Women's Law Center, and Christine H. B. Grant, Associate Professor Sports Administration and former Women's Athletic Director at the University of Iowa will examine the future of women's involvement in sports and review the strides that have been made since the passage of Title IX, the consequences on equality, the measurable effects on male sports teams, and the challenges that lie ahead.

This lecture is part of the Gender Equity Lecture Series sponsored by the Athletic department, the Office of Equal Opportunity and Affirmative Action, and the departments of Sociology and Women's Studies. This lecture is free and open to the public. Students, student athletes of all ages, coaches, parents, faculty and college and educational administrators are encouraged to attend.

For more information about the series visit:
http://collegerelations.vassar.edu/2005/1915/
All lectures in the series are free and open to the public.

Individuals with disabilities requiring accommodations or information on accessibility should contact Campus Activities Office at (845) 437-5370. Without sufficient notice, appropriate space and/or assistance may not be available.

Vassar College is a highly selective, coeducational, independent, residential liberal arts college founded in 1861.

This article was posted on Wednesday, October 5th, 2005.