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Sex Discrimination in the American Workplace: Still a Fact of Life
Discrimination against women in the American workplace is very much alive and well. Although much has changed for the better in the nearly four decades since the enactment of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, the Equal Pay Act, and otherprohibitions against employment discrimination based on sex, women continue to encounter serious obstacles to equal job opportunity.
25 Colleges and Universities Being Challenged by Center for Intercollegiate Scholarship Violations Under Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972
This table lists the 25 institutions challenged for violations under Title IX, as well as the scholarship dollars lost due to this discrimination.
Anti-Poverty Programs Are No Substitute for Affirmative Action
Some commentators have suggested that affirmative action programs that take race, national origin or gender into account should be eliminated entirely and replaced by affirmative action programs to aid the economically disadvantaged --i.e., anti-poverty or "need-based" remedies. Programs to eliminate poverty and enhance opportunities for the economically disadvantaged are critically needed. But affirmative action based on economic need cannot provide an adequate or workable substitute for programs aimed specifically at eliminating the past and present effects of discrimination based on race, national origin, or gender.
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