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I keep wondering about gender equity issues, not just at Stanford but at many schools.  ... Female athletes in general have higher GPAs, higher graduation rates, and higher retention rates than male athletes at most schools once they get there ...

So, which side is being discriminated against?
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Women are held to higher standards for admission than men?  At least women basketball players are held to higher standards than male basketball players? 

It is an honest question.  I'm sure athletics has thought about this before.
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Well, I was mostly trying to be funny.
But, there is a point in thinking carefully about who is getting what kind of preference over whom.

In this case, prospective female students are not being turned away in preference to male students. Female basketball playing students are being turned away in preference to other female basketball playing students with better academic records and presumably lesser basketball skills.

By itself, showing preference to those with better academic records does not seem out of line with what a university should be doing. But you can think about these things enough to tie yourself in knots.
Is there some kind of right to a spot at Stanford if a coach values your athletic skills more than the next person in line?
Does that right become stronger if the coaches' preference for male basketball skills carries more weight with admissions?
Is it a Title IX concern if preference is swapped from one woman to another?

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[quote author=CTcard link=topic=11153.msg121256#msg121256 date=1435157410]
[quote author=81alum link=topic=11153.msg121254#msg121254 date=1435156576]
I keep wondering about gender equity issues, not just at Stanford but at many schools.  ... Female athletes in general have higher GPAs, higher graduation rates, and higher retention rates than male athletes at most schools once they get there ...

So, which side is being discriminated against?
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Women are held to higher standards for admission than men?  At least women basketball players are held to higher standards than male basketball players? 

It is an honest question.  I'm sure athletics has thought about this before.
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Well, I was mostly trying to be funny.
But, there is a point in thinking carefully about who is getting what kind of preference over whom.

In this case, prospective female students are not being turned away in preference to male students. Female basketball playing students are being turned away in preference to other female basketball playing students with better academic records and presumably lesser basketball skills.

By itself, showing preference to those with better academic records does not seem out of line with what a university should be doing. But you can think about these things enough to tie yourself in knots.
Is there some kind of right to a spot at Stanford if a coach values your athletic skills more than the next person in line?
Does that right become stronger if the coaches' preference for male basketball skills carries more weight with admissions?
Is it a Title IX concern if preference is swapped from one woman to another?