Towson president: Athletic cutbacks painful but necessary

Submitted by Mastodon on Fri, 2013-03-15 23:56

Article here. Excerpt:

'In terms of Title IX, it is imperative that our female athletes receive the level of support required by federal law. Unfortunately, providing equitable opportunity for female athletes is far too often ignored or deemed "something you can get around or solve later." Towson University will not take that position. Furthermore, Towson's historic practice to add a women's sports team every five years until substantial proportionality is achieved has not kept pace with the changing demographics of our undergraduate population. Therefore, Towson's approach to address Title IX requirements was the most viable, long-term method to achieve gender equity compliance with federal law.'

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" Furthermore, Towson's historic practice to add a women's sports team every five years until substantial proportionality is achieved has not kept pace with the changing demographics of our undergraduate population. "

I think this line says it all. The "demographic of the undergraduate population" is chaing because men and boys are fleeing our education system in droves, and the problem isn't the growing disparity in attendance, no no, it's that they can't privilege women fast enough to keep pace with this Exodus.

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Submitted by Kratch on Sat, 2013-03-16 09:45