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Title IX Compliance - Athletic Financial Assistance (Scholarships)

Scholarship dollars are to be awarded to women and men at the same proportion as their respective rate of participation in the intercollegiate athletics program.

As noted in the Western Illinois University NCAA Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act reports for 2003-04, 2004-05, 2005-06, the total scholarship dollars awarded have remained in proportion to the rate of participation of women student athletes.
 
2004-052005-062006-07
Percent of Athletic Related Student Aid40%41%40%
Rate of Participation36%35%36%


THE USE OF TUITION WAIVERS FOR ATTAINING GENDER EQUITY IN INTERCOLLEGIATE SPORTS AT WESTERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY

The University began utilizing tuition waivers under Illinois Public Act 89-166 in the 1996-97 academic year to fund increased female participation efforts.

The number and distribution of waivers under Public Act 89-166 continues to enhance efforts to increase participation opportunities for female student athletes. In addition, the availability of these waivers has allowed the department to reallocate resources to provide more equitable and adequate budget support for women's sport programs in accordance with Title IX while providing non discriminatory opportunities for both sexes.

The additional tuition waivers have allowed Western Illinois University to add women's soccer in the Fall of 1997 and women’s golf in the Fall of 2001.

In addition, the tuition waivers have enabled Western Illinois University to reallocate resources in the following areas, all of which address equity issues:

More adequate operating budget support has been provided for both women's and men's teams.
  • Additional resources have continued to be allocated to increase marketing, promotion and development of women’s sports and to help subsidize the cost of achieving equity.
  • Scholarship opportunities were maintained, and in some cases enhanced, for both women's and men's teams.
  • The institution has continued to provide participation opportunities for men at the current level of sports offerings. Every effort has been made to achieve gender equity without the elimination of men's sports. However, though not fully enforced, roster management has become a fluid strategy in our effort to achieve gender equity in terms of participation opportunities.


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