CANYONS PROMOTES WOMEN'S SPORTS.Byline: Lee Barnathan Daily News Staff Writer College of the Canyons College of the Canyons is one of the fastest-growing community colleges in the state. According to the National Junior College Research Association, College of the Canyons consistently ranks in the top 50 community colleges in the nation. board of trustees board of trustees Politics The posse of thugs who oversee an institution's administration. See Board of directors. unanimously agreed Wednesday Wednesday: see week. to add football and women's soccer and expand existing women's sports program for the fall 1998 season. Despite concerns that the plan would not comply with Title IX guidelines guidelines, n.pl a set of standards, criteria, or specifications to be used or followed in the performance of certain tasks. , the board met for 90 minutes and voted 5-0 to allow the expansion of the athletic department to remain on schedule. The decision goes against some of the 35 recommendations made in the report, which the board commissioned to the Davisburg, Mich.-based Collegiate col·le·giate adj. 1. Of, relating to, or held to resemble a college. 2. Of, for, or typical of college students. 3. Of or relating to a collegiate church. Management Group. Those included implementing a women's sport for the fall, making room for another women's sport the following year and then adding football for the fall 1999 season. College president Dianne Van Hook said she believed the process could move quicker, and the board agreed. ``I did not see a deal-breaker,'' said Trustee John Hoskinson. ``Can we deal with Title IX? Yes we can.'' The report also recommended asking the Canyons students, as well as area high school students, what sports they would be interested in attending or participating. It also advised improving some women's facilities. Van Hook said that is possible, but costs would have to be determined. The next step in the process, board members said, would be for the school's foundation to accept the athletic fund-raising fund-raising, large-scale soliciting of voluntary contributions, especially in the United States. Fund-raising is widely undertaken by charitable organizations, educational institutions, and political groups to acquire sufficient funds to support their activities. responsibilities. The foundation board meets July 24. Title IX, the portion of the Educational Amendments Act of 1972, mandates schools must provide equal opportunities for both genders. A recent U.S. Appeals Court decision, which the Supreme Court refused to hear, demands that the percentage of female athletes must match the percentage of female students. |
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