Title IX is a federal civil rights law that protects students from sexual discrimination and misconduct in the school environment. Betsy DeVos, the education secretary of the United States, is planning to put forth new guidelines and rules to the Title IX which may greatly affect the victims of these instances. These new rules haven’t […]
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NSU launches ‘Think About It’ course to prevent sexual misconduct
NSU President George Hanbury sent a memo to all students on Jan. 8 announcing the launch of “Think About It,” an hour-long online training program about sexual misconduct and prevention that all NSU students must complete by Feb. 28. Last semester, NSU faculty and staff completed a similar program and incoming students will have to […]
40 years later, Title IX is still changing female athletes’ lives
On June, 23 1972, Congress signed landmark legislation, Title IX, attacking the gender divide in sports. Title IX is a short and simple federal law: “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 educational […]