Question 5 • 11011de2 CONNECTED Fall 2026 NM-US History and Geography S2
Read this passage about some of the effects of Title IX.In 2007, the College Sports Council (now the American Sports Council) conducted a comprehensive analysis of NCAA data over 25 years (1981–2005), which revealed that, after controlling for the growth in the number of NCAA schools, the number of female athletes per school increased by 34 percent and the number of women's teams also increased by 34 percent. During the same time period, male athletes per school fell by 6 percent and men's teams by 17 percent.The problem with Title IX isn't the law itself, which simply outlaws discrimination based on sex in academia, but how it's enforced. . . . [Colleges must show] that athletic participation for each gender is "substantially proportionate" to their respective enrollments.. . . Women increasingly outnumber men on campus, earning an estimated 57 percent of bachelor's degrees. Colleges pursuing "proportionality" can try to increase the number of female athletes so that women account for 57 percent of athletes, or—the more surefire and less costly path—eliminate male athletes from the roster.–“Title IX’s Dark Legacy,” Carrie Lukas, 2012
Answer
A
Funding for men’s sports programs could be cut.
B
Fewer women might enroll in colleges and universities.
C
Women will have equal access in only half of all facilities.
D
Women’s athletic programs might be reduced in many schools.
Explanation
The passage says colleges can meet Title IX’s proportionality requirement by increasing female athletes or, as a cheaper and more certain option, eliminating male athletes from rosters. Cutting funding for men’s sports programs could be one way to reduce or eliminate those opportunities. The passage does not suggest that women would enroll in fewer colleges or that women’s athletic programs would be reduced.
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