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Intercollegiate Athletics: Status of Efforts to Promote Gender Equity

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Report Type Reports and Testimonies
Report Date Oct. 25, 1996
Report No. HEHS-97-10
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Summary:

More than 100,000 American women now participate in intercollegiate athletics each year--a four-fold increase since enactment of title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, which prohibits sex discrimination in intercollegiate athletics at colleges and universities receiving federal financial assistance. Some have seen this increase as a move toward "gender equity" in athletics, while others point out that a gap still remains in overall opportunity between men's and women's programs. This report discusses (1) the steps that the Department of Education and the National Collegiate Athletic Association have taken since 1992 to promote equity between men and women participating in intercollegiate athletics, (2) the steps that states have taken to promote gender equity in athletic programs at colleges, and (3) what existing studies show about the progress made since 1992 in promoting gender equity in intercollegiate athletics.

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