My Title IX Story: Leveling the Field at Kansas State University
SHAPE America
MAY 31, 2022
In the fall of 1971 — less than a year before Title IX was passed — I was hired to head the Department of Physical Education at Kansas State University (K-State). I was aware of the daunting nature of the task of being a department head, but I did not count on having to deal with the athletic wars that occurred over the next few years (e.g.,
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