Considerations in Establishing New Intercollegiate Sports Programs for Women
Published: Friday, August 01, 1997
Title IX athletic participation requirements have been an impetus for many collegiate institutions to consider the expansion of their women's sports programs. Following is a list of criteria and issues which should be considered.
If Your Institution Does Not Currently Have a Women's Varsity Athletic Program
1. At what level do you want your athletic program to compete? There are approximately three levels of competition to consider. Division I competition requires a significant financial commitment to afford the acquisition of the best coaches and athletes (salaries, recruiting budgets, athletic scholarship assistance and significant travel funds to enable the team to compete on ...
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Division II and III schools, the poorest colleges and universities, are not dropping men's sports. It's the richest Division I athletic programs that are cutting men's swimming, gymnastics and wrestling programs (Olympic sports). Whenever a men's sport is eliminated, these educational institutions blame Title IX and women's sports. They say they can't afford to add new women's sports programs as required by federal gender equity laws and keep men's Olympic sports. What's wrong with this contention is the fact that there are plenty of new dollars going into Division I college athletic programs that could fund both women's sports and ...
Title IX Coordinators in State Education Agencies
Alabama James Nuckles Education Administrator Alabama Department of Education P. O. Box 302101 Montgomery, AL 36130-2101 Phone: 334-242-8444 E-mail: jnuckles@alsde.edu Website: http://www.alsde.edu
Alaska Hal Spackman Deputy Commissioner Alaska Department of Education 801 West 10th St., Ste. 200 Juneau, AK 99801-1849 Phone: 907-465-8677 Fax: 907- 465-4156 E-mail: hal.spackman@alaska.gov Website: http://www.eed.state.ak.us/
American Samoa Claire Tuia Poumele Sex Equity Coordinator for Vocational Education Department of EducationP.O. Box 656 Pago Pago, AS 96799 Phone: 684- 633-7117
Arizona Manuel V. Cisneros Director Governor's Office of Equal Opportunity 1700 West Washington Phoenix, Arizona 85007 Phone: 602-542-3711 E-mail: EqualOpportunity@az.gov Website: http://www.ade.state.az.us/
Arkansas Oliver Dillingham Title IX and ...
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