7 Results for tag: study

CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players

A few moments ago, the College Sports Council published the following press release.   CSC Study on NCAA Soccer Highlights Opportunity Gap Between Male and Female Players Growth of male teams stifled by Title IX's gender quota WASHINGTON, D.C. -- June 10, 2010 -- A study by the College Sports Council (CSC) released on the eve of the ... More

The Long Odds Against American Male Soccer Players

A little less than a year ago, ESPN was one of the media outlets that picked up our study about the scholarship disparities that exist in gender symmetric sports. And today, ESPN.com, in a story about the number of scholarships available in college soccer, included this important bit of perspective straight out of our study: A study published in July ... More

How Title IX is Strangling Men’s College Soccer

Over at Ocala.com, Dwight Collins is concerned that the U.S. Men's National Team may never win the World Cup, and he's listing what he believes are the reasons why. And I couldn't miss #1 on the list: * Title IX. The gender equity legislation that has done so many wonderful things for women's sports at the collegiate level has basically killed men's ... More

Don’t Believe Everything That You Read

Yesterday the Women's Sports Foundation released a report claiming that male athletes haven't been harmed by enforcement of Title IX. To say the least, the folks at the College Sports Council are more than a little bit flummoxed by that conclusion, given that we came to much the opposite conclusion back in 2007. Here's a statement from Eric Pearson, ... More

The AAUW and Distorting the Crisis in Educating Young Men

Earlier this week, the American Association of University Women published a study entitled, "Where the Girls Are: The Facts About Gender Equity in Education". And like the folks on the other side of the argument pointed out a few days back, it's really not about the girls, but rather it's aimed at debunking the claim that young men aren't being served ... More

Study shows Historically Black Colleges and Universities struggle to meet Title IX’s proportionality test.

Normally I'm not the kind of blogger that just posts press releases, but today's news is a bit of an exception: COLLEGE SPORTS COUNCIL Press Release Contact: Eric McErlain (202) 904-2416 Study shows Historically Black Colleges and Universities struggle to meet Title IX’s proportionality test. CSC Calls on NCAA to support HBCU’s use of ... More

CSC’s Eric Pearson on the HBCU Study

Here's what Eric Pearson, chairman of the College Sports Council, had to say about the study the CSC released earlier today concerning Title IX and historically black colleges and universities: "We're not asking for punishment; we're pointing out how hard it is for HBCUs to comply with proportionality," council Chairman Eric Pearson says. He argues HBCUs ... More