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...first passed, there were 31,000 women participating in intercollegiate athletics. There are now more than 120,000 female athletes in the nation's colleges. A survey by Brooklyn College professors R. Vivian Acosta and Linda Jean Carpenter shows that in 1977, a year before Title IX went into effect, women were offered an average of 5.6 teams per college; in 1996 that figure was 7.5. Even more impressive is the growth of girls' sports in high schools. While the number of boy athletes remains the same as it did in 1971 (approximately 3.6 million), the number of girl athletes...
This has been a week of superlatives for volunteering. The country, directed by President Clinton, is focusing on the power of individuals to effect change for their communities and for the nation as a whole. This week began with the President's Summit for America's Future, a three-day conference on civic action which wants to engage volunteers and collect corporate money to help two million children by the year 2000. In a rally for volunteerism in Philadelphia, President Clinton spoke words of inspiration to the 5,000 listeners who joined him: "We're still losing too many kids...
...line with Harvard's "every tub on its own bottom" tradition, each of Harvard's graduate schools has chosen a different course to float through retirement challenges. The measurable effect of the new retirement law varies by school, but one thing remains constant: No plans are in place to change retirement policy anytime soon anywhere in the University...
...There's really been no demonstrable effect," he says...
Opponents of the plan argue that preliminary data does not indicate that such incentives have an effect, leading a university to waste money on faculty already planning to retire. Supporters respond by saying a downturn in the economy is all that's necessary to make a difference apparent...