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Section: Sports
Sports
Iraqis Latest Recruited International Students to Attend University of Cincinnati
Students from Iraq are the latest products of overseas recruiting by the University of Cincinnati, which is building enrollment and revenues with international students.
January 14, 2013
Leadership & Policy
Unified Basketball Schools Continue to Plot Future
The seven Catholic schools that have decided to leave the Big East and form their own league continued to plot the future Friday, retaining Proskauer Rose LLP Proskauer Rose LLP -Search using:News, Most Recent 60 Daysand Pilson Communications, Inc., to aid in their defection.
January 6, 2013
Sports
Appeals Court Favors Grambling State in Former Football Coach’s Suit
The First Circuit Court of Appeal of Louisiana has ruled that Grambling State University had just cause to fire football coach Melvin Spears and reduced the amount of money he had been awarded as a result of winning his lawsuit.
January 3, 2013
Students
Rhode Island Can’t Access Student Records at Closed School
Rhode Island higher education officials say a career training school that abruptly shut down has lost its accreditation, and they’re calling on the school to release student records.
January 3, 2013
Sports
Governor: NCAA ‘Piled On’ Penn St. for Its Own Benefit
The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing hefty sanctions on Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.
January 2, 2013
Students
‘Whiz’ Doesn’t Begin to Describe This Kid
Philadelphia scholar Cameron Clarke scores a perfect 2400 on the SAT.
January 2, 2013
Sports
NFL’s Griffin, Wilson Following Ashe’s Lead
In 1989, trailblazing tennis player and activist Arthur Ashe said that he knew there were Black athletes “perfectly capable of simultaneously excelling on the athletic and academic fields.”
January 2, 2013
Sports
2012: A Year in Review
When historians review 2012 for its noteworthy moments, events and milestones, they will find the year was a trying one for the American higher education system, despite its being able to educate and enlighten thousands in search of more choices and preparation for adult self-sufficiency.
December 30, 2012
Faculty & Staff
Hiring of Black College Football Coaches Still Lagging
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) released a report card on the hiring of minority football coaches at the Division I level on November 29, which showcased mixed results.
December 28, 2012
Students
Student-Athlete Graduation Rates Up; Blacks Still Have Work to Do
The Institute For Diversity And Ethics In Sports (TIDES) shows that the graduation rates have increased slightly for the 70 teams competing in this year’s Division I Football Bowl Subdivision’s postseason bowls.
December 26, 2012
Sports
Ex-NY College Administrator Fraudulently Changed Grades
A former New York City college administrator has admitted faking professors’ signatures to boost grades for students in danger of failing.
December 20, 2012
Sports
NCAC Presidents’ Council Wins Inaugural Diversity and Inclusion Award
The NCAA and Minority Opportunities Athletic Association are honoring the athletic conference for its programs and initiatives that promoted diversity.
December 18, 2012
Sports
Four HBCUs Among Six Institutions Selected in NCAA Grant Program
The NCAA has selected six universities to participate in its Limited-Resources Institutions Grant Program to help them better fulfill requirements of the NCAA student-athlete academic performance standards.
December 18, 2012
Sports
Colorado Considers Changing College Funding
The Colorado Department of Higher Education is considering changes to the way it allocates $70 million for need-based college grants.
December 17, 2012
Sports
U. Iowa Adds Optional LGBT Question to Application
The University of Iowa has become the nation’s first public university to include optional questions about sexual orientation and gender identity on its application, a move hailed Wednesday by advocates hoping to improve the college experience for gays and lesbians.
December 12, 2012
Sports
Football’s Changes Illustrated at IAF
The realignments that have recently unfolded in college football were clearly and somewhat painfully illustrated by the conference commissioners’ panel at last week’s Intercollegiate Athletics Forum (IAF), presented by SportsBusiness Daily/Global/Journal.
December 12, 2012
Leadership & Policy
Scandals Threaten FAMU’s Accreditation
A series of scandals in the last year, including the hazing death of a drum major, is now threatening to cost Florida A&M University its academic reputation.
December 11, 2012
Sports
Football is King
The impact of conference realignment, media revenue, rule revisions and the costs of doing the business of college sports dominated the agenda at the IMG Intercollegiate Athletics Forum (IAF) presented by SportsBusiness Daily/Global/Journal last week in New York.
December 9, 2012
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