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Castaneda, Cindy; Katsinas, Stephen G.; Hardy, David E. – New Directions for Community Colleges, 2008
Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 state, "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". This provision paved the way for student-initiated…
Descriptors: Compliance (Legal), Student Interests, Financial Support, Athletic Coaches
General Accounting Office, Washington, DC. – 1996
Prepared as a report to Representative Cardiss Collins as part of an ongoing review of the implementation of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, this document examines the current status of gender equity in intercollegiate athletics. Agencies with oversight responsibility for public higher education in each of the 50 states and the…
Descriptors: Athletics, College Athletics, Educational Opportunities, Equal Facilities
US Department of Education, 2008
Sexual harassment of students is illegal. A federal law, "Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972" ("Title IX"), prohibits discrimination on the basis of sex, including sexual harassment, in education programs and activities. All public and private education institutions that receive any federal funds must comply with…
Descriptors: Sexual Harassment, Federal Legislation, School Administration, Confidentiality
Texas Education Agency, Austin. Div. of Curriculum Development. – 1978
The objective of this guide is to aid administrators and teachers in planning effective physical education programs that will promote the health, fitness, growth, development, and self-realization of all youth. The guidelines set forth a broad, constructive, continuing series of educational experiences for secondary school students grades 6…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Educational Environment, Legal Responsibility, Physical Education
Department of Education, Washington, DC. Office of the Secretary. – 2003
In June 2002 the U.S. Secretary of Education established the Secretary's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics. The purpose of the 15-member Commission was to collect information, analyze issues, and obtain broad public input directed at improving the application of current federal standards for measuring equal opportunity for men and women and…
Descriptors: College Athletics, Equal Education, Equal Facilities, Higher Education
Hult, Joan S., Ed.; Trekell, Marianna, Ed. – 1991
This book consists of writings which focus on the role of physical educators in the growth, development, and evolution of competitive basketball. It is divided into two parts, "The Early Years of Basketball--l890s-l930s" and "The Second Fifty Years of Basketball--1940s-1980s." Part I contains 3 sections which place basketball…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletic Coaches, Basketball, College Athletics