Title IX

Compliance with Title IX Title IX, the Education Amendments of 1972, is a federal act that states: "No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance" (Costa, 95). It was passed in Congress and signed by President Richard M. Nixon in 1972 and became law in 1975. Schools and universities had …

…Women Are Changing Sports and Sports Are Changing Women. Random House Publishing, New York 1991 Nelson, Mariah Burton. The Stronger Women Get, The More Men Love Football - Sexism and the American Culture of Sports. Harcourt Brace & Co., Orlando, Florida 1994 Title IX, Education Amendments of 1972 www.dol.gov/dol/oasam/public/regs/statutes/titleix.htm Title IX History, www.arcade.uiowa.edu/proj.ge Compliance with Title IX Caeli Dunne PSC 321 Professor Romans November 27, 2000 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ **Bibliography**