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The 1972 federal law popularly known as Title IX forbids sexual discrimination "under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.".(The Week)(Brief article)

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The 1972 federal law popularly known as Title IX forbids sexual discrimination "under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." Title IX is notorious for its effects--or, rather, the effects of its politicized misinterpretation--on college sports programs, but the wording of the law by no means restricts its application to athletics. The law also encompasses, for example, math and science classes. If a college physics program has only 20 percent female enrollment, what is that if ...

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