The proposed change would narrow the definition of sexual misconduct from "unwelcome conduct of a sexual nature" to "unwelcome conduct on the basis of sex that is so severe, pervasive and objectively offensive that it denies a person access to the school's education program or activity."
Women make up more than three quarters of all the elementary and secondary school teachers in the United States, but women are only about one half of the public school principals.
A new report from the U.S. Department of Education finds that women make up 57.2 percent of all enrollments in higher education, 59.9 percent of all graduate enrollments, and 61.2 percent of all students who earned degrees in the 2012-13 academic year.
In May the United States Department of Education published a list of 55 colleges and universities that were under investigation for possible violations of Title IX regarding sexual assault and/or harassment complaints. Since then, 12 more colleges and universities have been added to the list.
Under the proposed regulations colleges would be required to compile statistics for incidents of dating violence, domestic violence, and stalking in addition to current requirements covering the reporting of rape and sexual assault.
By the fall of 2022, the Department of Education projects that there will be just over 14 million women in enrolled in higher education compared to about 9.8 million men. That year women will make up 59 percent of total enrollments.
The Office for Civil Rights of the U.S. Department of Education has informed Temple University in Philadelphia that it has launched a Title IX investigation of the university's athletic programs. Recently, the university announced the elimination of five men's and two women's varsity sports.
Dr. Ericka M. Miller has been serving as vice president and chief operating officer of the Education Trust, a nonprofit organization that advocates for educational programs and equal opportunity.
A graduate of Barnard College and Harvard Law School, Studley has served as deputy dean of Yale Law School and as president of Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York.
During the 2011-12 academic year, preliminary Department of Education statistics show women making up 57.4 percent of all students enrolled in degree-granting institution and 58.1 percent of all students who earned degrees at these institutions.
The data shows that women received 1,760,657 degrees from four-year institutions. This was 58.1 percent of all degrees earned at these institutions. At two-year colleges, women received 430,102 degrees. This was 61.2 percent of all two-year degrees.
