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Oftentimes when people think of what has changed this nation’s foundations, they think of the Civil Rights Movement and the terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001. Not many people think about a piece of legislation passed in 1972 that prohibits participation, denied benefits, and discrimination...
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Leisure is an imperative aspect of human life. It is significant because it equips people with the freedom to express and be their true selves. Nonetheless, there is no present consensus on the definition of leisure. It can easily be defined as activities done during...
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Introduction Tracing the trajectory of Title IX over 40 years, this paper argues that it does not perfectly fit into Kingdon’s thesis for agenda-setting. Although Kingdon’s multiple streams theory frames a comprehensive perspective to analyze how problems are defined and move to the government’s policy...
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Title IX has brought a huge impact on women ever since it was passed as a law. Women across the country have had more opportunities for women’s sports scholarships. During these past forty years, the law has been bent and broken, most universities have followed...
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There is gender bias and discrimination in sports and the athletic community. More specifically, genders are treated differently when placed in the same situation in sports and the athletic profession. For example, the U.S. Volleyball Association was formed in 1928 for males only. Fifty-eight years...
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A couple years after the implication of Title IX, the Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women was initiated. Commission for Intercollegiate Athletics for Women (CIAW for short) was created for the sole purpose to further engage women’s involvement into college sports. Title IX’s enactment can...
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Title IX is a federal law that prohibits sex and gender-based discrimination in curricular and extra-curricular activities in institutions. It applies to both males and females and although it is commonly thought to apply only to athletics, it affects all students, faculty, and staff. Sexual...
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Imagine the world if women and men lived equally. For years, women have been treated differently than men in all aspects, especially in sports. Women didn’t get equal pay or opportunity as men in athletics. Women were viewed as lesser than and had to remain...
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There has been an increasing need to have the certification course due to the lack of clear guidelines on how to implement the requirements and expectations of the Department of Education at the education institution levels (Rhode, 2007). In order to fill up the alignment...
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Before this project I knew nothing about Title IX other than what we briefly discussed in class. After group and individual research, I was surprised to see how big of an impact this law has made. Personally, I was assigned the sports section of Title...
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Introduction Over the past several years, there have been numerous reports documenting the decline of participation in physical activity among youth. There are various factors that can be in consideration of one or many reasons on why the declining of physical activity is ongoing in...