STEM-ming college gender quotas

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'Increased “gender equity” in higher education is a long-time goal of feminists. Their new target is science, technology, engineering and math, the so-called STEM disciplines.
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But as President Obama recently said, “Title IX isn’t just about sports.” It also applies, he said, to “inequality in math and science education, and a broader range of fields including engineering and technology.” In short, the president wants to see more women earning STEM degrees.

Soon afterwards, the White House issued new guidelines for the enforcement of Title IX with particular emphasis on ensuring “equal access to educational programs and resources in STEM fields” for women.

Specifically, there will be a new initiative involving several agencies, intended to clarify schools’ “compliance obligations and ways to improve access and outreach” in STEM.

The question is: Where will that lead?

Although Title IX doesn’t require gender quotas in sports, the interpretation put on its language by both the education bureaucracy and the courts led to quotas. Colleges and universities realized that the safest route for them, to avoid costly battles with the government, was to have approximately equal numbers of men and women on their sports teams.'