Title IX, C'mon!

We have gone over plenty of different cases for women so far in this class, and I have learned about great achievements that have been marginalized. The most interesting subject to me that we have covered so far is the information about Title IX. My debate is on this topic, arguing that it needs to be improved. At first, I was thinking it is fine and nothing should be changed, but after a brief presentation by Dr. Kauer my mind has changed.  The statistic, 85% of colleges are still not in compliance with Title IX blew my mind!
Yes, there are laws in place dealing with Title IX for schools to follow but what good are they if they are never enforced. Enforcement is the real issue here! There are currently three options if someone wants to enforce the Title IX law against the school. They are in-house compliant, OCR compliant, and lawsuit. The most effective is lawsuit, but who has the money to go head- to- head with big schools and their big lawyers? I think the Office Civil Rights committee needs to step up and make sure that schools who receive government money, comply with Title IX. If that means everyone loses then fine, and in order for change to happen a big statement must be made. Once schools begin to see that the OCR will enforce, schools will have no choice but to hop on board the Title IX wagon.

Michael Ikemura
KIN 338i.S2