Texas Women's University

[I spent the winter writing songs about getting better]

Don't know the case name, sorry.

But the professor of the class I just had brought this up. While talking about herself she mentioned she went to Texas Women's University, a college which is predominately female, over 90%. She said that when she went to it, it was almost 100% female, the only males admitted were ones in a graduate program or major not available anywhere else in the state. But a Supreme Court lawsuit ruled that they must admit men in all cases if they meet the qualifications. Agree or not?

I support the Supreme Court's decision.

[A18]

No. The Equal Protection Clause is not a blank check for judges to decide whether or not some distinction is dumb, or even asinine.

There is nothing in the traditions of our people that would collide with such a policy, and so I do not agree that it is unconstitutional.

[Jake]

Not at all.

[True Federalist (진정한 연방 주의자)]

Reluctantly, yes.  I favor having the option of single-sex education available, but government isn't the appropriate means of providing it.

[??????????]

Disagree strongly. Court decisions like this have ruined fine instutitions like the Citadel and VMI.

[Erc]

No...if it's private.

Should government be in the business of providing non-co-ed education?  That, I'm not sure about.

[A18]

I thought we were talking about a public university.

Link to the case, please.

[jimrtex]

Don't know the case name, sorry.

I support the Supreme Court's decision.

I don't think there was ever a court decision.

First, it is Texas Woman's University, with about 10,000 students, with a main campus in Denton, and satellite campuses in Dallas, and in Houston (at the Texas Medical Center). 

In 1994 (around the time of the VMI decision), a male student was denied the opportunity to change his major.  He had been admitted under a policy that admitted males into programs that were not available elsewhere.  But since his new desired program was available elsewhere, he wasn't permitted to switch.   He complained to the press and legislators.  Soon afterwards, the board of regents decided to open all undergraduate programs to men.

The University of North Texas is also in Denton, and women at TWU have expressed concern that enrollment of men would diffuse TWU's special mission as being primarily for women, and lead to a merger of TWU into UNT.