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Sporting Equality - Title IX Thirty Years Later (Hardcover)
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Sporting Equality - Title IX Thirty Years Later (Hardcover)
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As part of its Education Amendments, the United States Congress
passed Title IX in 1972 to ensure that no person should be
discriminated against in any education program or activity
receiving federal financial assistance. In the decades since, Title
IX has had, among other effects, a marked increase on school
athletic programs for women and girls at both the high school and
college level. Despite this, a range of questions have been raised
about the effectiveness of the federal government's enforcement,
and also the impact on male athletics. The government can enact
legislation, but how it works remains the domain of administrators
at one end and thousands of athletes at the other. Sporting
Equality reviews the impact of Title IX thirty years after its
passage, and suggests future areas of contention. This new title
includes the major findings and recommendations of the Secretary of
Education's Commission on Opportunities in Athletics established in
2002, as well as the commission's minority report. These
contributions are followed by seven chapters that analyze and
assess the strength and weakness of Title IX and offer
recommendations for strengthening or changing its goals and
objectives. These include: Kimberly A. Yuracko, "Title IX and the
Problem of Gender Equality in Athletics"; Eric C. Dudley, Jr. and
George Rutherglen, "A Comment on the Report of the Commission to
Review Title IX"; Barbara Murray, "How to Evaluate the
Implementation of Title IX at Colleges and Universities and
Attitudes and Interest of Students Regarding Athletics"; John J.
Cheslock and Deborah Anderson, "Lessons From Research on Title IX
and Intercollegiate Athletics"; Valerie M. Bonnette, "The Little
Fusses Over Title IX." The book concludes with two controversial
chapters. The first, by Leo Kocher, argues that Title IX has been
detrimental to male athletics, especially gymnastics, swimming,
wrestling, and track, while the second by Ellen J. Staurowsky
claims that Title IX has not gone far enough in providing women
athletes with the equality they deserve. This volume will be of
interest to specialists in the sociology of sports, women's studies
scholars, and sports educators.
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