Attendees at this year's NCAA Title IX seminar will find a number of new topics as well as the perennial favorites, "Title IX Basics" and "Title IX Current Case Law."

This year's seminar will be May 15-16 at the Westin Hotel in Indianapolis.

New topics for this year include sessions on "How to Increase Media Coverage of Women's Teams," "Alternative Solutions to Dropping Teams," "Conducting Interest Surveys -- Examples and Techniques," and a session on "Issues from Washington, D.C."

Held at the Westin in Indianapolis for a second year, the seminar will again feature a menu format that permits maximum flexibility for participants.

"This year's seminar will offer something for everyone," said Jane C. Meyer, NCAA director of education outreach. "There are many new speakers and new topics that should interest the membership."

A number of speakers will take the podium for this year's Title IX seminar, beginning with NCAA President Cedric W. Dempsey, who will give the opening address.

John DiBiaggio, president of Tufts University, will give the keynote address, "Title IX -- What Is the Right Thing to Do?"

Doris Dixon, NCAA director of federal relations, will keep participants in the know regarding the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act (EADA) and other relevant topics in her session, "Issues from Washington, D.C."

Marilyn McNeil, athletics director at Monmouth University, will address "Alternative Solutions to Dropping Teams," and Reed Hollinshead, associate sports information director at Idaho State, will discuss his experiences working to increase media coverage of women's teams. Hollinshead, who wrote a comment piece for The NCAA News in October detailing a study he had undertaken of the issue, has found that increased vigilance on the part of sports information professionals can affect the amount of coverage women's sports receive.

Marsha Smeltzer, senior woman administrator and associate athletics director at Colorado State University, will present "Responding to an OCR Investigation."

Sessions on emerging sports, coaches' compensation and increasing opportunities for minority women also will be offered, as will a panel featuring student-athletes.

The seminar is free to NCAA institutional staff members and conference administrators, and the reservation deadline has been extended to April 6. For more information about the seminar or to make a reservation, call Sarah MacInnis, NCAA education outreach assistant, at 317/917-6222.