General Discussion

In the late 70's , Hillsdale College was told they were required to submit Title IX documentation. Since as a private college, they received no direct Federal funding, they claimed it wasn't required per the current law. The government argued in court that since individual students were the recipients of federal grants and student loans, that meant that Hillsdale in fact did receive indirect federal funding, and ultimately prevailed. The decision stated that while funding to individual students could be denied, the college was not required to submit the information, since there was no evidence of any discrimination, only the student loan and grant program was subject to Title IX, not the entire college as a whole.

In a following related court case in 1984, Grove vs.Bell, the SC ruled that if a college received any type of federal aid at all, either direct or indirect, they were required to comply with all federal regulations. Hillsdale then elected to eschew all government funding completely and self funded the aid to individual students with scholarships and endowment funding. That practice continues to this day.

So far, the current administration hasn't yet declared individual students to be ineligible for any government grants or student loans.