About SHARP

The Women’s Sports Foundation and the University of Michigan (U-M) have established a joint research and policy center. The center is known as the Sports, Health and Activity Research and Policy Center for Women and Girls (SHARP). Learn More

Title IX at 40 Conference

"Keep Title IX Strong" rally staged in anticipation of the Final Policy Interpretation on Title IX by the Department of Health, Education and Welfare, April 1979.

SHARP’s year-long celebration and exploration of the landmark legislation, Title IX, will culminate in a May meeting featuring...

SHARP Leadership

The SHARP Center is led by representatives from both the Women’s Sports Foundation and the University of Michigan. They are some...

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Dianne Chandler of UC San Diego in action during the 1994 NCAA Division 3 Women’s Championship at Kalamazoo College, Michigan. (Photo by: Todd Rosenberg/ALLSPORT)

FEATURED RESEARCH

PROGRESS WITHOUT EQUITY: The Provision of High School Athletic Opportunity in the United States, by Gender 1993-94 through 2005-06. A first-of-its-kind report, Progress without Equity offers the most accurate information about girls’ high school sports participation.

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SHARP Research Agenda

The SHARP research agenda will run the gamut from helping to promote rapid advances in the understanding of gender, exercise and sports, to creating a new generation of researchers committed to issues surrounding women’s and girls’ physical and sports activities.

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