Latest Title IX compliance News
Supreme Court turns away school's appeal of sex-assault case
FALLS CHURCH, Va. (AP) — The U.S. Supreme Court won't hear an appeal from a Virginia school board that says it shouldn't be held liable for the alleged sexual assault of a student by a classmate on a band trip. The court without comment on Monday rejected the appeal from the...
Brown disputes ACLU's take on Title IX case
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — Brown University is taking issue with a statement from the American Civil Liberties Union regarding a court order that requires the Ivy league school to pay more than $1 million to cover fees and expenses related to a legal challenge to the university's plan to drop some...
Brown to pay more than $1M in battle over women's sports
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (AP) — A federal judge on Tuesday approved an order that requires Brown University to pay more than $1 million to cover attorneys' fees and other expenses related to a legal case brought by several student-athletes who challenged the Ivy League school's plan to drop several...
Marshall resurrects men's indoor, outdoor track teams
HUNTINGTON, W.Va. (AP) — Marshall is resurrecting its men's indoor and outdoor track and field teams after a nearly two-decade absence. Marshall's Board of Governors approved the move Wednesday. Marshall dropped men's track in 2003 due to state budget cuts and...
Michigan State U. leader, hired after Nassar scandal, quits
LANSING, Mich. (AP) — The president of Michigan State University announced his resignation Thursday, apparently unable to fend off challenges by the school's governing board, three years after he was hired in the wake of the Larry Nassar sexual assault scandal. Samuel Stanley Jr....
Cross country coaches on leave after sex assault allegations
HUNTINGTON, Ind. (AP) — A northeastern Indiana university placed its women's cross country head coach and an assistant on leave Thursday after two former runners claimed in a federal lawsuit they were doped and sexually assaulted. Huntington University, a private, Christian liberal...
Indiana officials appeal ruling against trans sports law
INDIANAPOLIS (AP) — The Indiana attorney general’s office has asked a federal appeals court to overturn a judge’s order against a state law that prohibits transgender females from competing in girls school sports. The appeal filed this week argues that U.S. District Judge Jane...
Soccer player alleges abuse by ex-NC State school official
A former North Carolina State soccer player sued the school in federal court Tuesday, saying he was sexually abused for years by the Wolfpack’s former director of sports medicine under the guise of treatment. The lawsuit filed by Benjamin Locke accuses Robert Murphy Jr. of...
