The male college drop-out rate and Title IX

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'There now are more collegiate rifle teams for women than there are for men. More schools offer women’s equestrian teams than men’s water polo teams. Quinnipiac has seven sports for men and 14 for women. UCLA has a swimming team for women but not for men.
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To achieve gender equity amid enrollment shifts and reduced revenue, colleges have been chopping men’s sports, with at least half a dozen on the endangered list and a couple facing extinction.

“Every April, you hear about the spring slaughter,’’ said Minnesota men’s gymnastics coach Mike Burns, whose program is one of 17 remaining in a sport that numbered 124 in 1972.
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With female students now outnumbering males at most schools and the number of big-roster football programs rising from 497 in 1981 to 633, colleges are finding it more difficult to keep their programs in balance. In 2006, James Madison, which has a 60-40 female-male ratio, dropped 10 sports, including women’s gymnastics, fencing, and archery.'