Section I

The table below provides a comparison of the number of women and men participants in intercollegiate athletics by campus for the 1992-93 academic year and the 1998-99 year.

As indicated, the number of women participants in intercollegiate athletics increased from 1,862 in 1992-93 to 3,374 in 1998-99. This represents an increase of 81 percent. To achieve this remarkable growth, at least 38 new intercollegiate sports for women were added during the past five years (see section V). The data also show that 53.6 percent of all intercollegiate athletic participants in the CSU are now women. This compares to a recent NCAA study which indicates that 40 percent of all Division I athletes nationwide are women (Gender Equity Report, The NCAA News, October 25, 1999). In addition, the most recent data on California's ratios of male-female athletes in high schools and community colleges indicate that 35 percent of all high school athletes are female and 33 percent of all community college athletes are female (see Tables 8 and 9 - California Interscholastic Federation, Participation Statistics, 1997-98; and California Community Colleges, Commission on Athletics, 1997-98).

The consent decree called for each CSU campus to have women participants in intercollegiate athletics within five percentage points of NCAA eligible women undergraduates. Based on single-year eligibility data (fall 1998 NCAA eligibility figures, Table 1a), eleven of the nineteen CSU campuses met the standard for participation during the 1998-99 academic year. Based on single-year eligibility data as reflected in the fall 1998 eligibility report, eight campuses did not meet the targets for participation in 1998-99.

As a result of fluctuations in female student enrollment on several campuses, variance from the standard ranged from 0.5 percent at CSU Chico, to 1.09 percent at CSU Bakersfield, 1.84 percent at CSU Los Angeles, 2.08 percent at CSU Dominguez Hills, 2.43 percent at CSU Sonoma, 2.51 percent at CSU San Bernardino, 2.67 percent at CSU Northridge, and 5.56 percent at CSU Stanislaus. The inability of CSU Bakersfield, CSU Northridge and CSU Stanislaus to meet the targets for participation, however, cannot be explained solely on the basis of increases in enrollment of women students. A report for these campuses which includes their plans to achieve full compliance is provided in section IV of the report.