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brief addition noting the shift of Title IX compliance away from athletic quotas toward an emphasis on sexual harassment and assault allegations
It is long overdue to replace the quota in the proportionality test with an interest-based test that encourages colleges to provide sports teams based on interest. The test should only penalize schools for unjustified interference with opportunities based on real interest by men and women. Institution of the survey is a great start and the [[U.S. Commission on Civil Rights]] should consider recommending the end to the proportionality test entirely.
It is long overdue to replace the quota in the proportionality test with an interest-based test that encourages colleges to provide sports teams based on interest. The test should only penalize schools for unjustified interference with opportunities based on real interest by men and women. Institution of the survey is a great start and the [[U.S. Commission on Civil Rights]] should consider recommending the end to the proportionality test entirely.
==Sexual Harassment and Assault==
Many colleges and universities have established general procedures for handling cases of student misconduct on campus. Most of those have also established counseling services for victims of sexual harassment or assault. Unfortunately, victims of sexual harassment or assault can be either male or female. Yet, following some creative legal advocacy and court litigation, the issue of how colleges handle sexual assault cases is now considered a Title IX compliance issue,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www2.ed.gov/about/offices/list/ocr/docs/qa-201404-title-ix.pdf|title=Questions and Answers on Title IX and Sexual Violence|date=April 29, 2014|accessdate=January 10, 2015|format=PDF}}</ref> and the United States Department of Education is conducting compliance investigations at a large number of colleges. This has put pressure on colleges to step back from their campus judicial systems and counseling in favor of forwarding all alleged assaults to the local criminal justice authorities.
== References ==
== References ==