Colleges Weigh Impact of Ruling on Gender Equity in Sports

Athletics programs can expect more pressure to add women's teams or to cut men's teams

By Jim Naughton

Civil-rights lawyers and college-sports officials say the principal effect of the decision last month by the U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit to uphold a lower court judge in the closely watched gender-equity case Cohen v. Brown University...

To continue reading this premium article, you must have a Chronicle account AND a subscription or an online pass.

Subscriptions start at $40; Web passes for under $10.

If you have a Chronicle account:

Log in now.

User name

Password

 

Remember my user name
Forgot your user name?
Forgot your password?
Log in tips

Don't have a Chronicle account?

Create a free account to purchase a subscription or an online pass.

Your free account also allows you to sign up for Chronicle e-newsletters, participate in online discussions, and more…