Fifty years ago this month, Title IX changed the course of gender equity in education.
And while this past week has shined a light on trailblazers and celebrated strides made in the past half century thanks in large part to the landmark legislation, there are also constant reminders that there is still a ways to go before true gender equity in college athletics exists.
As part of the Journal’s continuing Title IX series, we wanted to narrow the focus and examine not how far UNM has come in terms of gender equity in athletics since 1972. But also it is necessary to see how it moved toward gender equity compliance just in the past four years since releasing a 38-page Title IX assessment report that shined a light on an athletic department that was falling short in terms of providing its female athletes the same opportunities as their male counterparts.