Lois ElfmanStudents‘Putting Education First’ Rhodes Scholar says parents rewarded achievements in the classroom over football field.Many boys fantasize about becoming stars on the football field or basketball court when they grow up and earning millions of dollars in endorsement deals.January 4, 2009SportsNative Americans Proud of Bradford’s HeismanSince Sam Bradford won the Heisman Trophy, the most prestigious individual honor in college football, earlier this month, Native Americans have been basking in the glow.December 21, 2008SportsReport: Black Football Players Improve Grades But Still Trail White CounterpartsAcademic progress continues for football student-athletes who play in the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS), but the racial divide continues to widen, according to a new report released Monday by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES).December 8, 2008SportsGroup Hires Lawyer To Address Dearth of Black College Football CoachesThe number of Black college football coaches is going in the wrong direction, according to the latest hiring report card issued Wednesday by the Black Coaches and Administrators (BCA).November 12, 2008SportsLongest Running HBCU Bowl CancelledThe longest running bowl tournament in the history of Black colleges was abruptly cancelled this year, largely due to budgetary reasons, officials said.November 4, 2008SportsA Love of Sports and of Leading the WayUniversity of North Carolina Wilmington’s Kelly Mehrtens is part of a small but growing club of women athletic directors at Division I schools.October 1, 2008Leadership & PolicyNew Study: Men’s Football, Basketball Programs Limit Other Men’s Sports, Not Title IXAnother men’s college wrestling program is discontinued and familiar accusations fly: it’s the fault of Title IX and money being spent on women’s sports. Time and again critics point to Title IX as the reason for cuts in men’s sports.September 25, 2008LGBTQ+Social Justice Group Opens Dialogue on GLBT Issues With Equality RideThere are more than 200 U.S. colleges and universities that have explicit policies discriminatory toward GLBT (gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender) students, according to Soulforce Q. Since 2006, this young adult division of Soulforce, a social justice organization seeking to end political and religious oppression of GLBT people through nonviolent resistance, has staged Equality Ride.September 16, 2008StudentsSurvey Indicates Value of Education Varies Among Ethnic GroupsAccording to the new study “How America Pays for College,” only 54 percent of Hispanic parents surveyed said that college is an investment in a child’s future versus 81 percent of Whites and 85 percent of Blacks.August 20, 2008SportsNCAA To Provide Former Student-athletes With BenefitsThe NCAA will provide former college football and basketball players with aid for future educational expenses, career development costs and other benefits as part of a lawsuit settlement it reached with ex-athletes.August 7, 2008Previous PagePage 39 of 41Next Page
