Women in Division I Sports Programs: 'The Glass Is Half Empty and Half Full.'

Twenty-five years after passage of Title IX, federal legislation barring sex discrimination in athletics in federally-funded schools, females make up 37% of college athletes and receive 38% of athletic scholarships at National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I schools. Women's participation in college sports has increased four-fold. However, many schools have not achieved proportionate funding for women. (MSE)