Gender equity in intercollegiate athletics: determinants of Title IX compliance.

From: Journal of Higher Education | Date: March 1, 2006| Author: | Copyright information

Introduction

The year 2002 marked the 30th anniversary of the passage of Title IX, which prohibits discrimination by gender in any federally funded educational activity. Although the scope of Title IX includes all aspects of education, the application of Title IX to college athletics has been especially complicated because athletics programs, unlike most academic classes, usually are sex-segregated by sport. As explained in more detail below, Title IX essentially requires that all institutes of higher education provide student access to sport participation on a gender-neutral ...

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