the higher education community more open and inclusive to all. (6) While sex discrimination remains a serious problem in our society, allowing institutions of higher education to sanction members of sororities, fraternities, and private social clubs based solely on the single-sex status of the organization that the student belongs to will not solve these problems, is counterproductive, and violates an individual’s constitutional right to freedom of association. (b) Purposes The purposes of this Act are as follows: (1) Protect any student in a single-sex social organization or any single-sex social organization from any adverse action by an institution of higher education based solely on the membership practice of such organization of limiting membership to only individuals of one sex. (2) Ensure any student in a single-sex social organization or any single-sex social organization is treated equitably in comparison to students at an institution of higher education who do not participate in single-sex social organizations, or other social organizations at an institution of higher education that are not single-sex. (3) Protect the rights of students to freely associate with and participate in social organizations, including single-sex social organizations. 3. Freedom of association protections for students in social organizations Part B of title I of the Higher Education Act of 1965 ( 20 U.S.C. 1011 et seq.) is amended by adding at the end the following: 124. Freedom of association protections for students in social organizations (a) Upholding freedom of association protections Any student (or group of students) enrolled in an institution of higher education shall— (1) have a right to form or apply to join any social organization, including any single-sex social organization