NCAA Gender Equity

Health and Safety
"No person in the United States shall, on the basis of sex, be excluded from participation in, be denied the benefits of, or be subject to discrimination under any educational program or activity receiving Federal financial assistance." 

Title IX of the Educational Amendments of 1972 to the 1964 Civil Rights Act

 

An athletics program can be considered gender equitable when the participants in both the men's and women's sports programs would accept as fair and equitable the overall program of the other gender. No individual should be discriminated against on the basis of gender, institutionally or nationally, in intercollegiate athletics.  

NCAA Gender-Equity Task Force

 

Programmatic Efforts

 
NCAA Gender Equity and Issues Forum

The NCAA has sponsored 17 previous Title IX/Gender Equity Forums with expert panelists and presenters on topics ranging from ground floor Title IX concepts and gender equity planning to strategies for dealing with the most complex issues impacting women in intercollegiate sports. The Forum also brings together our affiliate organization leaders and legal advisors. Attendees will be engaged by authorities on a broad range of topics and be invited to participate in practical-advice exchanges.  

2008 Gender Equity and Issues Forum
Location:  Boston, Massachusetts
Dates:  April 27-29, 2008
  • Agenda
  • Hotel Information
  • Registration (coming Jan. 08)

The forum is FREE to NCAA institutional staff members and conference administrators.  [However, a $200 fee to cover forum expenses will be charged to any registrant who neglects to attend without providing cancellation notice to the NCAA national office at 317/917-6312 at least 72 hours in advance]  

Forum Registration Fee

  • NCAA institutional and conference staff members: FREE
  • Federal government employees: $75
  • High school employees: $75
  • U.S. Olympic Committee and national governing bodies staff and volunteers: $75
  • NAIA and NJCAA institutional staff members: $75
  • General public: $150 


Previous Gender Equity and Issues Forums

The NCAA begins a year-long conversation on the personal impact of Title IX. These testimonies are designed to highlight the truths and misconceptions about the law, which celebrated its 35th anniversary on June 23.