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Michigan college may have violated Title IX regulations

Jan. 24, 2008
Officials at Adrian College concede problems in its overhaul of athletic program

Adrian College in Adrian, Mich., may have violated a federal law that bans gender discrimination in school sports when it doubled its coaching staff and putting nearly $15 million into building upgrades and new sports facilities. Investigators from the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Civil Rights conducted a three-day inspection of the Adrian campus to see whether the sports program complies with Title IX. Among the issues raised in a complaint are different treatment of men's and women's coaches, different facilities for men's and women's teams and more attention to male athletes.

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