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Commission
on Athletics
Role in Gender Equity |
The Commission on Athletics
(COA) is responsible for the administration of intercollegiate athletics at
California's 104 athletic-playing community colleges. The commission has systematically
increased the number of sport opportunities for women and provided critical
leadership to the state's two-year colleges.
Consider
the following:
• The state office convened
and developed a blue ribbon panel that created the COA gender equity self-review
manual, a resource document that assisted colleges in the completion of its
own college plan, consistent with the legislation;
• Distributed the manual and posted an e-version of the manual on its statewide
website;
• Convened seminars and workshops sponsored by the COA's gender equity committee
to review data, share findings, and develop strategies to increase women's sport
opportunities at the local level (e.g. three-part test);
• Added women's water polo, women's badminton, and women's golf since the mid-1990's;
• Guaranteed that facilities at championships for women are comparable to those
utilized by men;
• Restructured the awards program for its 17 sanctioned championships to ensure
equality between men's and women's sports awards;
• Rotated the starting time for women's and men's championship sports that share
a single venue;
• Coordinated the establishment of conference-based gender equity committees;
• Launched a statewide mandate to ensure conference-driven program review. One
of the major standards of review is evaluating member colleges on Title IX issues;
• Hosted major keynote sessions on gender equity at the 2000 and 2001 state
conventions;
• Featured Donna Lopiano of the Women's Sports Foundation and CSU Fresno president
John Welty as keynote speakers at the March 2002 convention;
• Maintains and offers subscriptions to its resource and referral library of
gender equity information, including copies of the federal legislation;
• Increased each college's contiguous recruitment area to encourage the recruitment
of more women;
• Reconvened the Gender Equity Committee at the state level;
• Has developed a strategic plan for the next three to five years with one of
its components focusing on gender equity;
• Coordinated the 25th celebration of women's intercollegiate athletics yearlong
celebration in 2001-02;
• Regularly posts research materials (forms, charts and data tables) detailing
the type and mix of student athletes at California community colleges.
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Equity Tools |
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Gender Equity Self Review Manual*
updated October 2004
This is a resource guide to assist California community
colleges with the review of their athletic programs and to implement any
needed changes in compliance with Title IX and the principles of gender
equity.
The information gathered
in a self review will allow member colleges an opportunity to assess the
extent to which equivalent opportunities for men and women are provided
in their athletic program.
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This
manual has been compiled by the Commission on Athletics Gender Equity
Committee. Information utilized in preparing this document has been provided
by a number of resources, including the Florida Office of Education, NCAA
Guide to Gender Equity/Title IX, and the Office of Civil Rights Investigator's
Manual.
"Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics: How It All
Works - In Plain English" by Valerie McMurtrie Bonnette is an 850-page
comprehensive, definitive, and unique reference for colleges and universities.
It is a 'one-stop-shopping' encyclopedia for Title IX's application to
intercolliegiate athletics programs and enabales education officials to
evaluate accuratly their institution's compliance status with Title IX
or simply use the Manual las a uick reference for answers to everyday
Title IX questions.
Special
offer to COA colleges!
COA
colleges will receive "Title
IX and Intercollegiate Athletics: How It All Works - In Plain English"
for the discounted price of $145. See 'Overview
and Ordering Information' below for details.
Order
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will be donated to hurricane relief agencies - the American Red Cross
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[Overview and Ordering Information]
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Suggestions
to Frame Your On-Campus Efforts Relative to Prong Three*
Produced by the COA Gender Equity Committee, this seven-slide
PowePoint presentation provides recommendations for local colleges undertaking
gender equity compliance efforts, and features a special focus on Prong
three of the civil rights law.
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Title
IX Athletics Compliance at California's Public High Schools, Community
Colleges, and Universities *
As a courtesy to site visitors, the COA is providing the
following link for any persons interested in accessing the comprehensive
study of Title IX at California high schools, college and universities.
The report, submitted to the California Legislature on March 31, 2004,
was directed by a special task force of the California Postsecondary Education
Commission. The COA's state commissioner and associate commissioner were
members of the task force.
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"Everything
You Ever Wanted to Know About Title IX"
A publication of the Commission on Athletics Gender Equity
Committee.
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2002
NCAA Title IX Seminar Resource Materials
Comprehensive list, complete with links, of Gender Equity
and Title IX resource materials. Link established with permission from
NCAA.
• Program
Compliance Review Procedures*
The purpose of Self-Study is to present an opportunity for member colleges
to objectively evaluate their own program in relationship to the COA Constitution/Bylaws/Sports
Guides, California Educational Code, Conference Constitution/Bylaws and
state and federal laws and to identify opportunities for improvement in
areas of concern by the overall conference.
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Five-Year
Sport Comparison Chart *
This chart shows California community college sport participation
for women and men over five years beginning with the 2000-01 season, and
concluding in the 2004-05 season.Updated 1/7/04
Click here to view the data from 1992-93
through 1996-97
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2001-02
Sport Participation by Conference*
This chart shows California community college sport participation
for women and men by conference during the 2001-02 season.
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