Summarizes some of 2001's more interesting and important court cases regarding discrimination against students in higher education, commenting on their effects on case law. (EV)

Surveys courts cases in 2000 that addressed discrimination against students, including gender discrimination under Title IX and racial discrimination under Title VI. The cases return to familiar themes, exploring when, if ever, an educational institution may consider gender or race in making decisions that affect the educational opportunities…

Reviews court cases related to discrimination against higher education students in 1999, focusing on gender, race, and disability discrimination. The wide variety of cases does illustrate the importance of standing, relief available, and the threshold the plaintiff must meet to survive the defendant's motion to dismiss or motion for summary…

Focuses on the enforcement of the nondiscrimination provisions of Title IX in higher education, and shows how the courts have wrestled with the application of Title IX to college athletic programs over the past decade. Provides a history of Title IX enforcement and describes current approaches to evaluating Title IX compliance. (SLD)

Reviews 1998 cases of discrimination against students, focusing on discrimination on the basis of gender, ethnicity, and disability and on hazing. Cases did not usually involve the blatant discriminatory acts that inspired antidiscrimination legislation. They involved increasingly complicated and subtle forms of discrimination and required more…

The review of 1994 judicial pronouncements on the law of higher education reports on and discusses cases addressing the First Amendment, invasion of privacy, tort liability, immunities, civil procedure, access to records and meetings, funding, employment, disciplinary decision, discrimination against students, intercollegiate athletics, and…

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972, Civil Rights Act of 1971, designed to ensure equal educational opportunity for men and women, is reviewed as it pertains to college athletics. Related litigation and National Collegiate Athletic Association efforts to promote compliance are examined, an argument for excluding revenue-producing sports…