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Despite nine legal challenges, Title IX is here to stay. You'd think that after more than 30 years in existence, compliance with the 1972 law would be a slam dunk at all schools.
Not so. Many higher education institutions are either just squeaking by or missing it by a mile when it comes to providing equal opportunities for women athletes.
"We can argue that women and men do not particularly think alike," said Carlyle Carter, executive director of the California Community Colleges Commission on Athletics. "Men don't like taking direction, literally and figuratively. When I came to California, I got a GPS tracking system. [Now] there's a woman's voice ...