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Faculty & Staff

Duke Professors Reject Calls to Apologize to Lacrosse Players

Increasingly under attack from newspaper editorials and online bloggers, the Duke faculty members known as “The Group of 88” posted a letter online yesterday defending themselves against accusations that they had rushed to judge the three men’s lacrosse players.

January 16, 2007

Grants & Awards

Elizabeth City State University (N.C.) has received a $400,000 gift from Melvyn and Vonda Riley, the largest alumni donation in the university’s history. Melvyn Riley graduated from ECSU in 1961, while Vonda Riley graduated in 1965. The gift will be used to support athletic scholarships. The University of Hawaii’s School of Social Work has received […]

January 10, 2007

NCAA Needs More Black Coaches, Says NCAA President

ORLANDO Fla. NCAA president Myles Brand asked member schools to offer more opportunities to minorities when hiring coaches and administrators and wants them to do a better job educating athletes about sportsmanship.

January 7, 2007

Leadership & Policy

Tuskegee, Touchdowns and More

We couldn’t go into the New Year without recognizing the contributions that Tuskegee University has made over the past 125 years…

December 27, 2006

Throw, Catch, Score! Now Study

Thumbs up to Pennsylvania State University for graduating 77 percent of its Black athletes and 83 percent of its White athletes…

December 27, 2006

A Year in Review 2006

“Summers To Step Down, Ending Tumult at Harvard” kicked off the year as one of the most talked about news stories in higher education…

December 27, 2006

Pigskin Payday

Southern University Athletic Director Greg LaFleur was smiling long before his Jaguars defeated rival…

December 27, 2006

Atlantic Coast Conference Leads In Number of Black Head Basketball Coaches

Black college basketball players make up approximately 70 percent of the rosters of the top teams. While the percentage of Black head basketball coaches is nowhere near that level, the Atlantic Coast Conference is making strides in promoting African Americans to top coaching positions.

December 11, 2006

Study: Schools in Top Bowl Games Have Disparate Graduation Rates For Black, White Players

ORLANDO, Fla. The disparity between graduation rates for White and Black college football players in this season’s five major bowls was nearly twice as large as those for less successful schools, according to a study released Monday.

December 4, 2006

Questions of Conduct

When Jason Johnson, a student at the University of the Cumberlands in the eastern Kentucky hills…

November 29, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Florida State University Launches Seminole History Class In Effort To Keep Mascot

TALLAHASSEE Fla. Florida State University student Daniel Lee learned in fourth grade most of what he knew about the Seminole Indians, namesakes of his school’s athletic teams. It wasn’t much.

November 28, 2006

Million-Dollar NCAA Coaches, Barely Adequate Graduation Rates

A look at some of the nation’s highest paid Division I head college football coaches and how their programs are faring academically.

November 19, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Lonely at the Top?

That a college or university president has a challenging position is a no-brainer…

November 15, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Lonely at the Top?

That a college or university president has a challenging position is a no-brainer…

November 15, 2006

As Michigan Affirmative Action Vote Nears, Campaigns Pick Up

In the final run-up to Tuesday’s mid-term elections, several groups from the college basketball coaches to the police are bombarding voters in Michigan with messages about the impact of the Proposal 2 referendum, which would ban affirmative action in, among other things, college admissions.

November 4, 2006

Leadership & Policy

Thirty-six Years Later, School Honors Players’ Anti-racism Stand

SYRACUSE, N.Y. In 1970, nine Black Syracuse University football players became rebellious outcasts when they quit the team to protest racial injustice.

October 23, 2006

Racial Name -Calling at Diversity Retreat Leads to Firing

The diversity-training consultant called one Wilkes University student of Indian descent a “terrorist”…

October 18, 2006

North Dakota Officials Sue NCAA Over Fighting Sioux Nickname

FARGO, N.D. State officials filed a lawsuit Friday against the NCAA to challenge its restrictions on the University of North Dakota’s Fighting Sioux nickname.

October 7, 2006

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