Title IX: Everything Old is New Again

By Barbara Osborne   Although the legislation is almost 40 years old, gender equity in intercollegiate athletics programs has not yet been achieved. The Office for Civil Rights in the U.S. Department of Education has vowed to step up enforcement. Vice President Joe Biden and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan announced on April 20, 2010, that a “Dear Colleague” letter revoking the 2005 “Intercollegiate Athletics Policy Clarification: The Three-Part Test – Part Three” was is