Word: athleticism
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At the elementary and secondary level, HEW has had some limited success. The regulations for high schools went into effect in July 1976; so far a score of programs have been altered as the result of the Government's intercession. One example: Oak Ridge, Tenn., where the school district was...
On the intercollegiate level, HEW has preferred to encourage rather than intervene. Prodded by three formal complaints by women students and their parents, the University of Michigan, which perennially runs one of the most successful men's athletic programs in the nation, has made considerable progress toward equality. In 1973...
Yvette's athletic gifts are equal to her hopes. Her coach, Laura Holden, states unequivocally: "Yvette is the most talented player I've ever seen. When I first saw her shoot, I just about fainted." But Holden is leaving Fremont, and no coach has been hired to replace her. Uniforms...
Athletic Director Dee Kohlemeier of Hoover High School in Glendale, Calif., holds a minority view: "Girls sports are boring. I can watch a gym class for boys that has better skills than a varsity girls basketball team." Officials at New York's Madison Square Garden disagree. After a 1977 women...
However lofty that principle, it is difficult to maintain when large investments?in scholarship money, facilities, travel expenses and television revenues?are at stake. Already basketball coaches are luring transfer students to their campuses with no fear of penalty: the A.I.A.W., unlike the N.C.A.A., does not require transfer athletes to...