The most recent version of Acosta & Carpenter’s longitudinal (33 years!) research on Women in Intercollegiate Sport is now available on their website. Some good news highlights:
- 42.6% of women’s teams are coached by a female head coach, a number that has remained stable over the last four years
- HIGHEST EVER number of paid assistant coaches of women’s teams, 57.6% which are female
- HIGHEST EVER number (n= 12,702) of females employed in intercollegiate athletics
Given that basketball is the most popular collegiate sport acording to Acosta & Carpenter, and it is March Madness, you can also download the most recent Academic Progress/Graduation Success Rate Study of Division I NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournament Teams
Director of The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES), Richard Lapchick states in the report, “Nineteen women’s tournament teams had a 100 percent graduation rate for their teams. Women do much better academically than men. Furthermore, the academic success gap between African‐American and white women’s basketball student‐athletes is smaller, although still significant, than between African‐American and white men’s basketball student‐athletes.”
Keeping it real with some data during March Madness…
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