{"id":157484,"date":"2022-04-12T11:24:17","date_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:24:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/?p=157484"},"modified":"2022-04-12T11:24:17","modified_gmt":"2022-04-12T21:24:17","slug":"future-title-ix-higher-education","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.hawaii.edu\/news\/2022\/04\/12\/future-title-ix-higher-education\/","title":{"rendered":"The future of Title IX<\/abbr> in higher education discussed by UH<\/abbr> leaders"},"content":{"rendered":"Reading time: <\/span> 2<\/span> minutes<\/span><\/span>

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As part of a series of celebratory programs leading up to the 50th anniversary of Title IX<\/abbr> in June, leaders from the University of Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> discussed the history and future of Title IX<\/abbr> in Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and across the U.S. on March 31. UH<\/abbr> President David Lassner<\/strong> provided opening remarks to this panel discussion.<\/p>\n

To honor the late U.S. Congresswoman Patsy Takemoto Mink<\/strong>\u2019s profound and successful efforts to bring gender equity to education, Congress renamed Title IX<\/abbr> as the Patsy T. Mink Equal Opportunity in Education Act. The act states, “No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance.”<\/p>\n

“People could have written hundreds of pages and not accomplished what these 37 words have done,” said Lassner. “She was denied admission to medical school and decided to enroll in law school. I have no idea what Patsy would\u2019ve accomplished as a doctor, but it\u2019s hard to imagine that she could\u2019ve had the impact on Â鶹´«Ã½<\/span> and the nation and beyond that she had with her law school education, and then what she accomplished as a public servant thereafter.”<\/p>\n

Panelists included: Amy Agbayani<\/strong>, emeritus assistant vice chancellor for student diversity, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa; Maenette Benham<\/strong>, chancellor, UH<\/abbr> West Oʻahu;<\/span> Doris Ching<\/strong>, emeritus vice president for student affairs, UH<\/abbr> Mānoa; Marilyn Moniz<\/strong>, former associate athletics director, UH<\/abbr> System; and Camille Nelson<\/strong>, dean, William S. Richardson School of Law.<\/p>\n