Sex & Gender

Laura Wright considers the way the ideas of women -- in and out of the academy -- are judged.

Study links gender gap in high school grade-point average with students' intentions, as early as middle school, to go to college.

Some male students accused of rape are suing colleges, saying they are the victims of sex discrimination. Experts doubt they will succeed, but cases could focus more attention on due process issues.

Washington State's community colleges add voluntary questions about sexual orientation and gender identity to all student registration forms.

Complaint says college violated Title IX by refusing to allow a student dealing with a high-risk pregnancy and delivery to miss some classes without penalty.

Unprecedented federal settlement finding a middle school violated Title IX by discriminating against a transgender student has legal implications for colleges, too, experts say.

If all the physics professors at a college are men, is that a sign of bias? Not according to analysis by the American Institute of Physics.