Hanover College Accused of Violating Title IX After Cutting Women’s Swim Team

By Ellen J. Staurowsky, Ed.D., Senior Writer, Professor, Sports Media (Retired), Roy H. Park School of Communications, Ithaca College, staurows@ithaca.edu In late March of 2026, administrators at Hanover College (Indiana) announced that the men’s and women’s swim teams were being eliminated at the end of the spring semester. Reasons for the decision outlined in a statement posted on Hanover’s website alluded in a general way to budgetary strain from increased operational costs, the fact t