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Long Fights for Sports Equity, Even With a Law

New York Times

July 29, 2011

Title IX - requiring schools at all levels across the country to offer girls and women equal access to athletics - has produced a wealth of progress since it was enacted almost four decades ago. But scores of schools still fail to abide by the law. For those schools, there is little chance their shortcomings will ever be investigated, and even if they are, few will be meaningfully punished. According to a review by The New York Times, the Office for Civil Rights allows cases of suspected discrimination to drag on for years, long after the affected athletes have graduated.

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