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1100 Colleges and the Republic’s March to Madness

Higher Ed Connects: News

When the only reason a higher education program is not illegal is because it accomplishes a purpose unrelated to education, the idea that the program is at least out of sync, if not out of compliance, with one’s university charter seems worth considering. Higher education’s exploitation-is-ok message must end.

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These 3 religious colleges draw the ire of an LGBTQ+ watchdog

University Business

Under Title IX, institutions are prohibited from discriminating based on sex in any education program or activity operated by a recipient of federal financial assistance. Enter Faulkner University, Oak Valley College and Baylor University, institutions which have all successfully filed for a Title IX religious exemption.

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Sexual Abuse in Academe & #metoo

The Change Leader, Inc.

Higher education has not been immune as charges against faculty, staff, and athletes are trumpeted on newspaper headlines and social media posts. Department of Education released proposed revisions to Title IX rules as bad behavior on the part of students, staff, faculty members, and even a chancellors husband continues to emerge.

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Civil rights complaints show pandemic's effects on colleges

Confessions of a Community College Dean

The office’s jurisdiction includes federally funded education programs or activities. About one-third of the investigations related to discrimination under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, while cases related to discrimination under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 comprise about a quarter.

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New Federal Actions Bar Transgender Athletes from Women’s Sports, Sparking Debate Among Scholars

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

Trump signed an executive order that calls for canceling federal funding for educational programs that permit trans athletes who were born male to participate in sports programs designed for women and girls. The order titled Keeping Men Out of Womens Sports prioritizes Title IX enforcement actions against such schools.

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