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Washington, James – Diverse: Issues in Higher Education, 2012
Sports have become an integral part of the developmental experience of many of today's youth. Since the implementation of Title IX, more young girls and women have begun to play sports and see those sports as a possible career path. Tennis, basketball and soccer all have professional sports leagues for women, and many more sports offer women the…
Descriptors: Females, Injuries, Athletes, Sports Medicine
Hult, Joan S., Ed.; Trekell, Marianna, Ed. – 1991
This book consists of writings which focus on the role of physical educators in the growth, development, and evolution of competitive basketball. It is divided into two parts, "The Early Years of Basketball--l890s-l930s" and "The Second Fifty Years of Basketball--1940s-1980s." Part I contains 3 sections which place basketball…
Descriptors: Adapted Physical Education, Athletic Coaches, Basketball, College Athletics
Thorngren, Connie M.; Eisenbarth, Barbara S. – Women's Educational Equity Act Publishing Center Digest, 1994
This digest examines the status of girls' and women's athletics more than 20 years after the 1972 passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments to the Civil Rights Act of 1964, which prohibits sex discrimination in education programs or activities receiving federal financial assistance. It notes trends in Title IX implementation, the impact of…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, Civil Rights Legislation, College Athletics, Compliance (Legal)