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Baylor Confirms Exemption from Title IX Claims

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The Department of Education has confirmed that Baylor University, the Baptist research institution in Waco, Texas, is immune from certain Title IX complaints “to the extent that they are inconsistent with the University’s religious tenets,” wrote Catherine E. The confirmation follows other Title IX trouble for Baylor.

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2023 Women's College Basketball Another Mile-Marker in Title IX

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Lynn Holzman This year for only the second time in the 41-year history of NCAA women’s basketball (the previous time was 2016), the NCAA Divisions II and III National Championships were decided at the Women’s Final Four site. It’s a celebration of all the opportunities that Title IX has provided in education and athletics,” Wilson points out.

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3 big questions are lingering after NCAA’s landmark case

University Business

billion to former athletes as far back as 2016. ” One of the main flashpoints in the road ahead is how colleges and universities plan for their revenue-sharing model to comply with Title IX ; specifically, will colleges decide to pay their men and women athletes the same wages? Athletes: How much—and who—will get paid?

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Top 12 Challenges Facing Higher Ed in 2025—and the Exemplars Solving Them: An overview of the most urgent issues impacting higher education, with examples of how some institutions are beginning to respond.

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher Ed Challenge 1: Declining Enrollment and Demographic Shifts Challenge: Enrollment numbers have decreased significantly, dropping from 18 million students in 2016 to 16.5 For example, discussions around loan forgiveness, free community college, or changes to Title IX can directly impact institutional operations.

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College Sports: A Work in Progress

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

In 2016, the NCAA created the Presidential Pledge, stating a commitment to promoting and achieving ethnic, racial, and gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. The firm is consulted by colleges and universities on DEI and Title IX issues, but often such requests come after a complaint has been filed. “We

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$16B College Sports Revenue and Regulations: Knight Commission Insights: Changing Higher Ed Podcast 171 with Host Dr. Drumm McNaughton and Guest Amy Privette Perko

The Change Leader, Inc.

About Our Podcast Guest Amy Privette Perko has led the Knight Commission since 2005, serving as executive director until October 2016, when she was named chief executive officer. Title IX money was just starting to be put into women’s sports at the college level. Amy Perko 03:54 Thanks a lot.

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Professor Sues Hamilton College for Racial Discrimination

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Hamilton College investigated Professor Mwantuali’s complaint fully and fairly in accordance with its Title IX policy,” the school said. When a different colleague had filed a complaint against Mwantuali, he says that he received no such accommodations. Hamilton argues that its process was legitimate.

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