Data for The Chronicle's annual report on gender equity in college sports were taken from files submitted by colleges to the U.S. Department of Education's Office for Postsecondary Education. Under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act of 1994, colleges must make this information public every year.

Before 2002-3, The Chronicle solicited the reports only from colleges in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, and data from those years are included in this report. This year's report includes data from all NCAA institutions.

Enrollment figures are for full-time undergraduates in the fall term of 2005, as reported by NCAA colleges. Numbers of athletes are the totals of squad lists for each team except in the section on scholarships, where numbers refer to a head count of male and female athletes.

Please contact Brad Wolverton with questions or comments about this report, at (202) 466-1226 or by e-mail (brad.wolverton@chronicle.com).