Historically, girls and women have experienced gender disparity in access to, and persistence in, STEM education. Though women comprise 50% of the total workforce, they occupy only 25% of STEM-related occupations. STEM degrees and occupations have been linked to economic prosperity, both for individuals and the nation as a whole. However, women remain underrepresented in STEM education. Tapping this source of human capital can enhance the United States' economic stability in the global economy, but this strategy depends on enhancing, and adequately supporting women's participation in the field. Community colleges play an essential role in the STEM education pipeline, especially for women and minorities. However, disparity still exists in community college STEM education, particularly in computer science, math, and engineering. The targeted application of Title IX gender equity legislation has been successful in correcting similar gender disparities in collegiate sports and thus may hold promise for improving women's participation in STEM. This dissertation explores the breadth of Title IX applications on a community college campus and ties these applications to female student experience in STEM education. The purpose of this study was to reveal potential points of intervention wherein Title IX provisions could be explicitly harnessed to improve STEM programming and institutional support for all STEM scholars and particularly for women. The findings suggest four potentially fruitful intervention strategies: (1) Improving students' and administrators' understandings of Title IX; (2) increasing students' awareness of, and accesses to, STEM-mandated academic and technological supports; (3) actively expanding the number of female role models in STEM, and students' interfaces with role models; (4) enhancing the attractiveness of, access to, and participation in, campus STEM clubs and pre-professional groups. [The dissertation citations contained here are published with the permission of ProQuest LLC. Further reproduction is prohibited without permission. Copies of dissertations may be obtained by Telephone (800) 1-800-521-0600. Web page: http://www.proquest.com/en-US/products/dissertations/individuals.shtml.]