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Date Posted: 08:29:39 02/08/03 Sat
Author: JoeStag
Subject: M-F Ratio - Ttitle IX
In reply to: left-coast griff 's message, "Just an idea" on 22:36:42 02/07/03 Fri

I think the ratio of M-F is 48%(M) and 52%(W). IMO, Fairfield has been very fair to Women in Title IX requirements..... maybe overly fair. And Fairfield can easily adjust that ratio if they want..... we get 8,000+ applicants and only accept 850.

I am all for giving Women equal opportunity in college athletics, as far as # of teams, # of players and # of scholarships..... I think thats the right thing and a really good thing to do. HOWEVER, HOWEVER, HOWEVER, I totaly disagree that the money should be spent equally. The Sports that generate the most fan interest and Revenue should get the biggest Budget Support...... That means Men's basketball.

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[> [> Re: M-F Ratio - Ttitle IX -- Running Man, 10:22:07 02/08/03 Sat

Point of Information- J.S., your assertion that our acceptance rate is about 10.5% is incorrect. The elite schools have acceptance rates in the low 20% range. In fact ours is about 48 or 49%, which in comparison to most colleges is very good.


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[> [> [> Re: M-F Ratio - Ttitle IX -- JoeStag, 10:48:48 02/08/03 Sat

RM, I think we are both right. See below from the Press Conference the other day. Looks like we get 7,500 applications, we might only accept 48%, which ends up as 850 attending. My point is that Fairfield can easily accept more males than females to even out the percentages.

Question: What impact will this have on enrollment?
Answer: We don't anticipate it will have any impact on our enrollment or the male/female ratio. This week we broke our all-time record for applications just as we have done for four over the last five years. With more than 7500 applications for a class of close to 850, we believe this decision will have no impact. The two athletic teams would have yielded 30 to 35 students.


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[> [> [> [> Re: M-F Ratio - Ttitle IX -- 79, 16:34:11 02/08/03 Sat

Accepting more males than females to even out gender is not as easy as it seems. The university actually would be weakening the academic profile of the incoming class should it add more males. Girls have higher sat scores and higher grade point averages than boys, and the school would not want either number to drop in terms of how it is reported to publications such as Barrons.


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[> [> Re: M-F Ratio - Ttitle IX -- Menzies, 11:55:20 02/08/03 Sat

Do we know the budgets of the respective sports?


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