A Civil Rights panel has subpeonaed 19 universities and colleges to investigate whether they are using gender in the admission process. Title IX prohibits any educational institution which accepts federal funds from discriminating due to gender. This has been a very sticky issue when we consider that the majority of college students are female (60% and growing).
Many colleges want a mix of males and females on their campus, but the problem comes when male applicants who are not as qualified as female applicants are admitted in order to balance gender ratios on campus.
The 19 colleges and universities are: Georgetown U, Howard, Johns Hopkins, Lincoln (Pa.), Shepherd, and Virginia Union Universities; Gettysburg, Goldey-Beacom, Goucher, Messiah, and Washington Colleges; the Catholic University of America; Loyola University Maryland; Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania; York College of Pennsylvania; and the Universities of Delaware, of Maryland-Baltimore County, of Maryland-Eastern Shore, and of Richmond. (This list is from the article in The Chronicle of Higher Education).
