Best and worst institutions in each category, by division
A special section with documents and background articles about Title IX and intercollegiate athletics
However, female athletes still lack opportunities to participate at many institutions, and they often do not receive fair shares of scholarship funds, coaching-salary budgets, recruiting budgets, and operating budgets.
Since 1996, colleges and universities that receive federal funds have been required to report their expenditures on men's and women's sports under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act, which Congress passed in 1994. Since then, The Chronicle has published those data for institutions that compete in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association. This year, for the first time, the newspaper has gathered data for colleges and universities in all three of the N.C.A.A.'s divisions.
Following are several ways to examine the gender-equity data, all of which comes from the 1998-99 academic year. You can find complete information for a particular college or university, or you can compare institutions within a particular state, N.C.A.A. division, or athletics conference.
The Chronicle made repeated efforts to contact every college in the N.C.A.A. by mail, telephone, and electronic mail to gather these data. However, a few of them refused to provide their reports, in violation of the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act. If a college did not provide information, it is still listed in the database, but all its information has been left blank.
An "n/a" in a particular field means that it does not apply to the institution in question. For example, colleges in Division III and the Ivy League, as well as federal service academies, do not give athletics scholarships.
For more information or if you have questions on these data, please contact Welch Suggs at welch.suggs@chronicle.com or (202) 466-1047.
