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Section: Sports
Sports
UC Davis Pays $1.35M to Settle Title IX Case
The settlement came after a federal judge in Sacramento ruled on a broader question in August and found that the university had violated Title IX, the federal law passed in 1972 that requires equal athletic opportunities for men and women.
February 19, 2012
Sports
Penn State Faculty Rejects Vote of No Confidence in the Board of Trustees
The 32-member board of trustees has come under fire for its handling of a child sex abuse scandal that led to the firings of the university president and longtime football coach Joe Paterno.
January 25, 2012
Sports
Coach Tubby Smith: ‘We’re Contenders, Not Pretenders’
The exuberant Tubby Smith is just the fifth coach in NCAA history to pull off the rare feat of leading four teams (Tulsa, Georgia, Kentucky and Minnesota) to the NCAA Basketball Tournament.
January 5, 2012
Sports
Former Marshall University Player Recounts Impact of Plane Crash Tragedy in New Book
When Craig Greenlee went home from Marshall University to Jacksonville, Fla., for Thanksgiving break in 1970, some people thought they had seen a ghost. The hometown folks knew he had gone to MU to play football, so they assumed that he was on the plane that crashed barely two weeks before, killing 75 people, including 37 of his former teammates.
December 8, 2011
Sports
NCAA President Mark Emmert Considers Advisory Role on Abuse Guidelines
The NCAA president said Monday he has contacted U.S. Education Secretary Arnie Duncan so he can advise school leaders about the best practices in dealing with ball boys, ball girls and students who attend summer camps.
December 7, 2011
Sports
Bowl Teams Graduation Rates Up, Racial Gap Widens
A new study of the Football Bowl Subdivision schools selected to play in the upcoming bowl games shows overall continued academic progress, but a continued wide gap between White and African-American players.
December 6, 2011
Sports
BCA Hiring Report Card Shows Positive Change in Football
Twenty-two head coaches of color have been hired in the eight years since the Black Coaches and Administrators released its first report card.
November 15, 2011
Sports
U.S. Education Department Investigating Penn State Sex Abuse Case
The Education Department is investigating whether Pennsylvania State University failed to report incidents of sexual abuse on campus, as required by federal law, the department announced Wednesday.
November 10, 2011
Sports
Federal Court Permits Football Players’ Discrimination Case Against California Community College
Three Black former football players can pursue their civil rights suit accusing a northern California community college of racial discrimination, verbal abuse and harassment, a federal judge has ruled.
November 10, 2011
Sports
Governor: Let University of North Dakota Dump Fighting Sioux Nickname
Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers on Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.
November 8, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Report: Leadership of Football Bowl Subdivision Programs Showing Slow Progress on Diversity
The latest TIDES report shows that head coaches of color are at an all-time high since the start of the 2011 college football season, but other leadership positions lag far behind.
November 8, 2011
Students
Congressman Bobby Rush Compares NCAA to Mafia
The Democratic congressman from Chicago compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes.
November 2, 2011
Students
NCAA Board Approves Tougher Academic Standards, Scholarship Funds for Student-Athlete Spending
The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I board announced sweeping changes to athlete eligibility requirements and scholarship aid during a news conference call on Thursday.
October 27, 2011
Leadership & Policy
Commentary: NCAA Last Amateur Left in College Sports
The number of people who buy the NCAA’s argument that amateurism is the backbone of college sports is dwindling by the day.
October 26, 2011
Sports
NCAA Graduation Rate Hits All-Time High at 82 Percent
College athletes are outperforming other students in the classroom, and they’re doing it at a record rate.
October 25, 2011
Sports
Congressman John Conyers Urges Hearings on College Sports
The top Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee is urging the panel to hold hearings on antitrust and other issues in college sports, including the recent series of conference realignments.
October 20, 2011
Sports
Leading Black Artists Featured at Corcoran Gallery
The exhibit, “30 Americans,” will be on view through February. It features 31 artists, including Jean-Michel Basquait, Hank Willis Thomas, Kehinde Wiley and others. The 76 works come from Miami-based collectors Don and Mera Rubell.
October 2, 2011
Sports
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars, 2015
Diverse: Issues In Higher Education sponsors the Arthur Ashe, Jr. Sports Scholar Awards to honor undergraduate students who have excelled in the classroom as well as on the athletic field.
September 29, 2011
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