TOPIC Women and Education: Granting women and men equal access to education in light of the Fourteenth Amendment’s pledge of equal protection. INTRODUCTION Though taken for granted by many, co-sex educational institutions for higher learning are really just recent occurrences. For the most part, colleges and universities, particularly elite ones, taught either men or women. The reasons for this separation date back to early American history, when a woman’s place was seen as “ …showed first 75 words of 2633 total…

…showed last 75 words of 2633 total…revoke current awards or debar institutions from eligibility for future awards. Title IX applied to all schools.” There are a number of differences between both ideologically and physically. But in the end, the idea that equal opportunity should be granted to both genders, outweighs these and other differences. Though the approaches taken by each gender may stand apart from one another, after all is said and done, the desire for equality is cherished by both.