Federally funded schools and universities consistently fail to address student complaints and concerns about sex discrimination and, by doing so, widely ignore federal requirements, according to a study released in 2000 by the AAUW Legal Advocacy Fund.The research, A License for Bias, identifies important trends and issues in Title IX non-sports-related complaints, including the finding that sexual harassment was the most common complaint, accounting for 63% of the 425 cases analyzed. Title IX is the federal law prohibiting sex discrimination in institutions of education that receive federal funds.

The findings ultimately reveal that the federal mandate under Title IX that requires every federally funded educational institution to establish grievance procedures for addressing sex discrimination is widely ignored. In response to this, the study offers suggestions for institutions to take active steps toward compliance.

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