Women’s participation in sports varies across UMass

BOSTON — Compliance with federal rules barring discrimination in college athletics presents some challenges at University of Massachusetts campuses, some of which are wrestling with gender gaps in the student body. Undergraduate enrollment at UMass Boston was 54 percent women in the last school year, but female sports participation at the Division 3 school was only 40 percent in 2015, according to a report provided to the News Service.

BOSTON — Compliance with federal rules barring discrimination in college athletics presents some challenges at University of Massachusetts campuses, some of which are wrestling with gender gaps in the student body. Undergraduate enrollment at UMass Boston was 54 percent women in the last school year, but female sports participation at the Division 3 school was only 40 percent in 2015, according to a report provided to the News Service.…