Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 prohibits sexual discrimination in educational institutions that receive federal funding. It applies to the vast majority of colleges and universities—public, private, and parochial—and has a broad scope. Under Title IX, discrimination on the basis of sex can include sexual harassment or sexual violence, such as rape, sexual assault, sexual battery, and sexual coercion. A school that fails to respond to and remedy the situation risks losing federal funding.
