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Section: Sports
Faculty & Staff
Priority on Sports an Issue Even at Smaller Colleges
Too often in the last decade, the spending by colleges and universities for new jobs and the like has either stayed steady or gone down. That is, except for sports.
April 14, 2014
Students
NCAA Urges Schools to Discuss Pitfalls of Unions
The NCAA contends that unionization by college athletes could lead to fewer scholarships and championships as well as a drop in academic support and career counseling.
April 14, 2014
Sports
Rethinking the Role of College Career Centers for Humanities Graduates
Why do liberal arts graduates, especially humanities majors, suffer from inaccurate and inconsistent portrayals of their attractiveness to employers?
April 14, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Global Scholars Say Universities Need to Get Back to Basics
Universities don’t have to solve the social and practical problems of the day, but should rather focus on equipping students with the critical and analytical thinking skills that will enable them to do these things themselves.
April 14, 2014
Sports
Review: University of North Carolina Athlete Literacy Findings Flawed
UNC hired Georgia State, Minnesota and Virginia professors to review Mary Willingham’s findings.
April 13, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Morgan State Seeks to Make History in National HBCU Quiz Bowl Competition
The 25th anniversary year of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge culminates this week with the national championship tournament at which Morgan State University seeks a third consecutive national title.
April 13, 2014
Students
Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Edition
cover040914In this special issue, Diverse names four outstanding scholar-athletes of color, this year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award winners. Diverse also profiles past honorees who have gone on to success in the military, the field of nuclear energy and business and entertainment.
April 10, 2014
Sports
Student Athletes Receive Life Lessons at Arthur Ashe Celebration
At the 2014 Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Symposium and Awards Luncheon, student athletes received invaluable life lessons from panelists ranging from former athletes to entrepreneurs.
April 10, 2014
Sports
Northwestern University Appeals NLRB Ruling on Athletes
Northwestern University is asking the National Labor Relations Board to overturn a regional director’s ruling that the school’s football players are employees under federal law and thus entitled to unionize.
April 9, 2014
Sports
University of Massachusetts Basketball Player Announces He’s Gay
University of Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon has become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball.
April 9, 2014
Students
Ohio Bill Says College Athletes Aren’t Employees
An Ohio legislative panel changed a budget bill on Monday to make clear that college athletes are not employees under state law.
April 8, 2014
Students
Rutgers Athletic Director Hermann Bashes Newspaper
Rutgers University’s athletic director told a class earlier this year that it would be “great” if New Jersey’s largest newspaper went out of business.
April 7, 2014
Sports
The NCAA Madness Continues: Are You Ready for Higher Ed’s Civil War?
Is the NCAA running anything but a legal sweat shop?
April 7, 2014
Faculty & Staff
U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act
President Barack Obama, along with all of the living U.S. presidents, will gather at a three-day summit to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.
April 7, 2014
Students
In Case You Missed It…
Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention Simply Put, Dorothy Yancy Has a History of Leading the Way If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students? Community Colleges Facing Challenge of Amended Policies and Mission
April 3, 2014
Sports
College Athletes Take Labor Cause to Capitol Hill
WASHINGTON ― Members of a group seeking to unionize college athletes are looking for allies on Capitol Hill as they brace for an appeal of a ruling that said full scholarship athletes at Northwestern University are employees who have the right to form a union.
April 2, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Buffett Gives Alma Mater’s Chancellor Twitter Advice
University of Nebraska-Lincoln Chancellor Harvey Perlman is turning to billionaire Warren Buffett for advice on Twitter even though the investor has only sent five tweets.
April 2, 2014
Students
NY Student Accepted at All 8 Ivy League Schools
A 17-year-old Long Island student has applied to and was accepted at all eight Ivy League schools.
April 1, 2014
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