Changing the Game: Title IX, Gender, and College Athletics

Part of the Reacting to the Past series, Changing the Game shows students how a dramatic change in American society began in a debate over Title IX and college athletics.

This Reacting to the Past game is set at a fictional university in the mid-1990s. A debate over the role of athletics quickly expands to encompass demands that women’s sports and athletes receive more resources and opportunities. The result is a firestorm of controversy on and off campus. Drawing on congressional testimonie...