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Equal Access at All Levels
Unprecedented federal settlement finding a middle school violated Title IX by discriminating against a transgender student has legal implications for colleges, too, experts say.
Departments Without Women
If all the physics professors at a college are men, is that a sign of bias? Not according to analysis by the American Institute of Physics.
Enforcement for the Enforcers
Sexual assault survivors and activists take their rallying cry to U.S. Education Department in Washington, protesting and urging the feds to do more to enforce Title IX.
Opinion
The Gender Lens
Everyone seems to have a theory as to why humanities majors are disappearing. One doctoral student thinks the trend is due to women's widening career paths. His notion is gaining traction.
Opinion
Behind Closed Doors
A successful academic shares her story of being the victim of domestic abuse.
Shift in Fight on Partner Benefits
Federal judge's ruling involving community college professor suggests new legal strategy for same-sex couples who work in public higher ed in states that ban gay marriage.
No Kids Allowed
Just as U.S. Education Department tells colleges to better support pregnant and parenting students, a sophomore says she was turned away from an exam for bringing her baby. Whether the new U.S. guidance applies is unclear.
Into the Lawyers' Den
U.S. civil rights official seeks to reassure college lawyers that the agency has not altered its sexual harassment standards through recent settlements.