A bibliography on collegiate athletics with approximately 400 items is presented. Topics include: sports administration, sports histories, women's athletics, physical education, problems and scandals, sports organizations, sports and health, and references on many specific sports, especially football. (JMD)

Data from several surveys and studies which examined the sports experience of over 2,000 female college athletes is summarized. Issues explored include reasons for and conditions surrounding sport participation, academic performance of female athletes, reactions to college sport, and post-college sport participation patterns. (IAH)

Proposals to make major changes in the membership structure of the National Collegiate Athletic Association have been divisive. Advocates for women's sports, particularly frustrated by scholarship and coaching staff cuts, want to make federal antidiscrimination compliance a top issue. Delegates used a new electronic voting system. (MSE)

Survey of 100 young female gymnasts examined injuries over a 40-month period. Injury rates were similar to those found in other studies of female competitive gymnasts, but there were several notable findings regarding injury patterns. Prevention methods to reduce injury include modifying mat design and prescribing strengthening and stretching…

Discusses the basics of the preparticipation exam, focusing on aspects specific to females, such as menstrual dysfunction, disordered eating, and orthopedic problems such as scoliosis and patellofemoral pain. Health history questionnaire and other parts of the exam are included in six tables. (SM)

A recent report of Northeastern University's Center for the Study of Sport in Society finds that National Collegiate Athletic Association Division I college and university sports departments are not hiring appropriate numbers of minorities and women, especially in such positions as athletic directors and coaches. In contrast, minorities are…

Research has shown that an active mentor can facilitate the career development of the neophyte. The hypothesis was tested that the failure of women to sponsor others, i.e., to assume a mentor role, is the logical outcome of situational pressures exerted on all persons who fill, and succeed in, a token role, rather than merely how women act when…

An overview is given of the progress of physical education teacher education from 1930 through 1959. The teaching of physical education gained the status of a profession during the 1930's, when normal schools were expanded into teachers colleges and four year teacher preparation programs. The curriculum changed from rigid physical training…

Recent developments which may change collegiate athletics are reviewed. They include the congressional investigation of the National Collegiate Athletic Association; Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972, entailing withdrawal of federal funds for schools practicing discrimination toward women in athletic programs; and tax cuts. (JMD)

Given the highly visible character of intercollegiate athletics, there is a dangerous confusion about who makes decisions, suggests this university president. It ought to be the president, with the board's backing, who deals with intercollegiate programs, including financing women's athletics and breaking down all sports into levels of emphasis,…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's new executive director responds to questions about leadership style, the tightening academic standards, effects of cost containment, women's athletics, blacks in coaching and sports administration, institutional autonomy, and competition with the College Football Association. (MSE)

Court litigation involving two state universities in Oregon concerns providing athletic equity without losing large revenue potential in men's sports. Compliance with federal regulations has been less critical than appropriately defining and bringing about athletic equity. The Oregon State findings of fact and conclusions of law and order are…

A financial analysis of intercollegiate athletics indicates that the programs are excessively deficit-producing and that the financial crisis would exist even if women's athletics were not a factor. Sources of revenues and expenditures are examined and cost control alternatives are suggested. (JMD)

The article looks at the 1979 physical development program for cadets at West Point's U.S. Military Academy, noting adjustments made to the physical education program for women and comparing physical abilities of female cadets in 1979 and 1989. Standards are adjusted as fitness test scores improve. (SM)

Study examined job satisfaction among male and female college coaches of women's teams. Coaches completed the Job Description Index and the Job in General Index to measure their job satisfaction and general feelings toward their jobs. Results indicated that both sexes had similar perceptions toward their jobs. (SM)