Scholars’ Circle – Title IX history and compliance struggle for Women’s equality in higher education – March 31, 2024
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Title IX, the landmark legislation on women’s equality in higher education, was passed to equalize funding between men’s and women’s athletics. What has it achieved? Where does it fall short? When some schools failed to implement Title IX for athletics, activists sued. We look at the landmark cases and what they have achieved. [ dur: 58mins. ] Lisa S. Kaplowitz is Associate Professor of Professional Practice in the Finance and Economics department at Rutgers Business School. She is co-founder and Executive Director of the Rutgers Center for Women in Business. She is the author of the opinion article Title IX increased opportunities for women athletes, but there's still work to do and Thought Leadership: How men can advance gender equity at work. Bonnie J. Morris, Lecturer, Department of History at University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of The Feminist Revolution, the award winning Women's History for Beginners and What's the Score? 25 years of Teaching Women's Sports History. Nancy Hogshead-Makar is faculty at Rutgers-New Brunswick Global Business and Sports MS Program. She is the co-author of Equal Play: Title IX and Social Change, with Andrew Zimbalist, and author of Pregnant and Parenting Student-Athletes: Resources and Model Policies. She is CEO and Founder of Champion Women, and won three Gold medals and one Silver medal at the 1984 Olympics. Link to report on Title IX compliance by Champion Women Advocacy:  https://titleixschools.com/ This program is produced by Doug Becker, Ankine Aghassian, Maria Armoudian and Sudd Dongre.
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