Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics

Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics
ISBN-10
0393696669
ISBN-13
9780393696660
Series
Changing the Game
Category
History
Pages
184
Language
English
Published
2020
Publisher
Reacting to the Past
Authors
Abigail Perkiss, Kelly McFall

Description

"In Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics, students learn how a dramatic change in American society began in a debate over college athletics. As students wrestle with questions of gender parity and the place of athletics in higher education, they learn about the implementation - and implications - of legal change in the United States. The game is set at a fictional university in the mid-1990s. A debate over the role of athletics quickly expands to encompass demands that women's sports and athletes receive more resources and opportunities. The result is a firestorm of controversy on and off campus. Drawing on congressional testimonies from the Title IX hearings, players advance their views in student government meetings, talk radio shows, town meetings, and impromptu rallies"--

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