Schools Urged to Aggressively Monitor Title IX Compliance

Schools Urged to Aggressively Monitor Title IX Compliance: BETHESDA, Md. — In order to comply with Title IX — the landmark civil rights law that barred gender discrimination in education and vastly expanded athletic opportunities for women — college and university administrators shouldn’t assume everything is okay as long as no one has filed a complaint.

That was the heart of the message that a U.S. Department of Education official delivered Tuesday at the NCAA Gender Equity Forum.

“Contrary to what some schools have argued, that if you don’t get a complaint you’re in compliance, that’s just not true,” Jacqueline Michaels, Title IX Team Leader at the U.S. Department of Education, told attendees at the forum.