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to welcome to the stage, our dean, henry butler. thanks, daniel. welcome to george mason law school. we are recently ranked number 29 in the world in law by the shanghai academic ranking of world universities, our motto, learn, challenge, lead. our students learn from the best, our professors are among the elite slaub for downloaded articles among law schools, our curriculum, which is built on economics and other critical thinking skills, teaches our students to challenge conventional wisdom in a constructive manner that improv improves management and outcome. our motto learn, challenge, lead, is also refleck ctive of name sakes, george mason and antonin scalia. george mason was the college s founder in 1787 was very suspicious of the potential for excessive federal government control over our lives, and was the person because of his insistence led to the adoption of the bill of rights. and of course, antonin scalia, as a justice was famous for challenging his colle ....
[applause] thank you, dean butler for your kind production and for the opportunity to be here. i want to also think president carrera for this leadership of george mason university and to the students and faculty with us today. thank you for making time to be here during this busy day of classes. it s a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. earlier this year marked the 45th anniversary of title ix, the landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote, no person in the united states shall on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. the amendment to the higher education act was initially proposed by democrat center evan bayh, signed in law by richard nixon and was later renamed for congresswoman patsy mink, herself a victim of both sex-based and race-based discri ....
complaints. she made the comments at george mason university law school in virginia. [applause] sec. devos: thank you for the opportunity to be here. thank you for making time to be here during this is a day of classes. it s a great honor for me to be here today to address the very important topic. earlier this year marked the ath anniversary of title ix, landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure person in theno united states shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded, the night the benefits of, or be subject to dissemination under any program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. the amendment to the higher education act was proposed by democrat senator birch by, signed into law by republican president richard nixon, and it later renamed for congresswoman cafe makes herself a victim of racial discrimination as a japanese-american. her law shaped the environment. title ix helped make clear that educational institutions have a responsibil ....
reaction to the announcement. [applause] thank you dean butler for your kind introduction and the opportunity to be here. i want to also think the president for his leadership of george mason university and to the students and faculty with us today, thank you for making time to be here during this busy day of classes. it s a great honor for me to be here today to address a very important topic. earlier this year marks the 45th anniversary of title ix, a landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure, and i quote no person in the united states shall, on the basis of sex be excluded from participation in, denied the benefit of or be subjected to discrimination under any education program or activity receiving federal financial assistance. the amendment to the higher education act was initially proposed by democrat senator birch, signed into law by republican president richard nixon and later renamed for patty make. herself a victim of sex and race discrimi ....
in another move by the trump administration this past week, education secretary betsy devos announced that the department was trying to change how schools investigate actual misconduct by setting a review process for guidelines implemented by the obama administration. secretary of us made the announcement at george mason university law school in virginia. this is 30 minutes. [applause] sec. devos: thank you for the opportunity to be here. thank you for making time to be here during this is a day of classes. to the students and faculty, thank you for being here on such a busy day. it s a great honor for me to be here today to address the very important topic. earlier this year marked the 45th anniversary of title ix, a landmark legislation passed by congress that seeks to ensure and i quote, no person in the united states shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded, the be denied the benefits of or be subject to dissemination under any program or activity receiving fede ....