After 40 years with Title IX, level playing field is reality at UW

Title IX has put down deep roots in every college athletic department in the nation since it became the law of the land 40 years ago Saturday, but few have experienced the growing pains quite like the University of Wisconsin. The legislation that mandated equal opportunities for women in higher education ? including athletics ? went into effect when President Richard Nixon signed the bill on June 23, 1972. Since then, millions of women have come to schools such as UW and shared in a revolution as student-athletes.