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Study shows hope for equity in women's college sports.
In a 31-year nationwide longitudinal study that started in 1977, Dr. Vivian Acosta and Dr. Linda Jean Carpenter just produced their 2008 update on women in varsity sports.
"Over the years as we've been doing this, we have mixed feelings about it," Acosta told WIHE. In the three decades since Title IX went into effect, participation opportunities for women athletes has gone up steadily, while the number and percentage of women head coaches has plummeted.
They see fresh signs of hope. Intercollegiate athletics now employs 14,742 women, more than every before. "That's a lot of women," Acosta said. And the coaching situation may be starting to turn around.
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Acosta and Carpenter are professors emeritae at Brooklyn College, City University of New York, and co-authors of the book Title IX (Human Kinetics Publishers, 2004). Their report is online at www.acostacarpenter.org
Participation
This year set an all-time record in the number of women's teams: 9,101 teams, or an average of 8.65 per school, continuing a nearly unbroken record of increases. Back in 1970, before Title IX, NCAA member colleges had an average of only 2.50 women's teams per school. That figure shot up to 5.61 in 1978, the first year for Title IX compliance, and rose from there.
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