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Women run up scholarship score, and it's men who are sold short. At many colleges and universities in eastern Missouri and Southern Illinois, male athletes still get more money --but less than their fair share, according to federal law.
The University of Missouri at Columbia spend $1.6 million a year on women's athletic scholarships and $1.9 million on athletic scholarships for men. In that $300,000 gap lies a violation of an aspect of Title IX, the federal law born to eliminate discrimination against women in education, especially in intercollegiate athletics. Other schools show similar gaps. A Post-Dispatch analysis shows that even while spending more in total for scholarships for male athletes, these schools are giving men less and women more than their fair shares under Title IX. The newspaper's findings contradict an impression of widespread discrimination against women in college athletic scholarships.
Tags: women; sports; scholarships; universities
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Suite retreat
Mizzou Weekly offers an extensive look at the University of Missouri-Columbia's newly renovated four-level press box at Faurot Field; giving specifics to seating, accommodations, and other amenities of the $13,153,708 expansion project.
Tags: Sports; College Athletics; Missouri
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Trouble Making the Grade
It's easy to upset MU athletic administrators. Just bring up the subject of their athletes' graduation rates. The sentiment within the athletic office seems to be that all questions are loaded, and every reporter wants only to dig up dirt. To the administrative staff this is a natural response to being frequently burned in the media, not a suggestion of paranoia. This facts remains,though: Little among the most recent NCAA figures -- those from June 1994 -- is complimentary to the program. In general, the figures show M.U. doing poorly in football and men's basketball, and not much better in women's basketball. Particularly embarassing are the graduation rates of MU's black athletes in those three sports.
Tags: University of Missouri athletics; college athletics; graduation rates; student-athletes
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Bottled up
Columbia Daily Tribune articles describe the legalities and technologies behind the University of Missouri's program of testing student athletes for drug use, May 11, 1986.
Tags: drug testing; athletic department
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ColumbiaDaily Tribune investigation finds National Collegiate Athletic Association recruiting rules were violated by University of Missouri booster, September 1983.
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