Females forgotten?
Title IX examination unfolds
Jonathan B. Opet
Issue date: 10/17/05 Section: News
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The U.S. Department of Education established a three-prong test for Title IX in a 1979 policy interpretation. The first prong, the most applicable to COM's situation, says an institution is in compliance if the opportunities for men and women to participate in athletics "are 'substantially proportionate' to their respective full-time undergraduate enrollments."
This semester 41 percent of credited students are men and 59 percent are women.
OCR stresses that its interpretation of Title IX is not in favor of eliminating sports to achieve compliance.
A report will be written by the OCR and given to COM sometime in October, according to Brovelli. An OCR representative declined to comment on the possibility of recommending an additional sport.
COM eliminated volleyball in 1982; softball in 1989; tennis in 1993; and cross-country in 1994.
"I don't believe the intent of Title IX law was to take away opportunity from males," Brovelli said. "I believe the intent of the law was to give equal opportunity to women, and I support that 100 percent."
This semester 41 percent of credited students are men and 59 percent are women.
OCR stresses that its interpretation of Title IX is not in favor of eliminating sports to achieve compliance.
A report will be written by the OCR and given to COM sometime in October, according to Brovelli. An OCR representative declined to comment on the possibility of recommending an additional sport.
COM eliminated volleyball in 1982; softball in 1989; tennis in 1993; and cross-country in 1994.
"I don't believe the intent of Title IX law was to take away opportunity from males," Brovelli said. "I believe the intent of the law was to give equal opportunity to women, and I support that 100 percent."