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Women Make Progress Under Title IX, But Barriers Persist
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National NOW Times
- Article date:
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October 1, 2007
- Author:
- Erickson, Jan
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Though we have made significant progress in increasing women's educational attainment over the last three decades, there are still many serious barriers to equal opportunity in academic as well as athletic programs.
Conservative initiatives are steadily eroding Title IX's goal of assuring equal education for both girls and boys. These are outlined in "Title IX at 35 - Beyond the Headlines!" a new assessment by the National Coalition of Women and Girls in Education (NCWGE) of the progress made toward educational equality since Title IX was adopted in 1972.
The 121 page document examines developments in the areas of Athletics, Science/Technology/Engineering and Mathematics (STEM), Career and ...