Section III

Grants-In-Aid

The table below summarizes the funds spent to support grants-in-aid for women and men athletes for the 1992-93 and 1998-99 years.

FUNDS SPENT ON SCHOLARSHIPS/GRANTS-IN-AID BY
CSU CAMPUSES FOR MEN'S AND WOMEN'S
INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETIC TEAMS
1992-1999

Table C

As indicated in Table 3, the dollars spent on grants-in-aid for women increased from $2.5 million in 1992-93 to $7.1 million in 1998-99. This represents an increase of 184 percent. Grants-in-aid for men increased from $4.6 million to $7.3 million during the same period, which represents a 59 percent increase.

The consent decree called for each campus to have women's grants-in-aid within five percentage points of the number 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 grants-in-aid during the 1998-99 academic year. Based on single-year eligibility data as reflected in fall 1998 eligibility reports, eight campuses did not meet the targets for grants-in-aid in 1998-99.

Variance from the standard ranged from 1.0 percent at CSU Los Angeles, to 1.45 percent at San Diego State, 2.38 percent at Sonoma State, 3.46 percent at CSU San Bernardino, 3.54 percent at Humboldt State, 4.41 at CSU Stanislaus, 7.21 percent at CSU Northridge, and 9.19 percent at CSU Fresno.

In section IV of the report, detailed reports are provided by four of the campuses which did not meet the 1998-99 targets for grants-in-aid. Two campuses (San Diego State and Humboldt) allocated funds to achieve the standard, but women athletes did not use the aid which was allocated. A third campus (Fresno) was prepared to meet the standard, but NCAA limitations on grants-in-aid per sport made it impossible to achieve the standard. Although requested, an exception to the limitations was not granted by the NCAA. The fourth campus (CSU Northridge) has developed a detailed plan to comply with the standard (see section IV).

The four remaining campuses (CSU Los Angeles, Sonoma State, CSU San Bernardino, and CSU Stanislaus) did not meet the 1998-99 targets for grants-in-aid as a result of significant increases in female student enrollment during the past two years.