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Fair Play at Chisholm University

Grushka-Cockayne, ...

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Fair Play at Chisholm University

Grushka-Cockayne, Yael; Harris, Jared; Mead, Jenny; Adams, John; Shankar, Meera

QA-0789 | Published August 23, 2012 | 10 pages Case

Collection: Darden School of Business

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Chisholm University's new athletics director must reallocate the athletics budget in its entirety, balancing legal obligations with broader educational and financial goals. A committee appointed to work on this issue had failed to reach consensus due to disagreements about how to comply with Title IX, the law mandating gender parity in all educational offerings, including athletics. The athletics director has the facts organized into an optimization problem so she can systematically balance the tradeoffs and manage system demands or constraints.