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Section: Sports

Faculty & Staff

Diverse Conversations: Alternate Pathways to College Presidency

In the past, college presidents from other schools and college vice presidents have most often ascended the ranks to fill empty presidential seats.

February 11, 2014

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Wendy Walters Ascends the NCAA Career Ladder

Growing up in Rochester, N.Y., in the 1980s, Wendy Walters was drawn to athletics and didn’t let unequal opportunities for girls hold her back.

February 9, 2014

Wendy Walters turned a temporary internship with the NCAA into her current director’s role.

Faculty & Staff

The Next Generation

February is a good time to look ahead, especially to the next generation of Black leadership.

February 6, 2014

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Alabama A&M Kicks Off Recruiting Bus Tour Fueled By $1M in Scholarships

President Andrew Hugine will be visiting high schools across Alabama to attract students.

February 5, 2014

Temple Offers $4,000 If Students Limit Job Hours

The annual grants are available for incoming students who agree to not work more than 10 hours a week in off-campus jobs, in an attempt for students to graduate in four years.

February 4, 2014

Super Bowl Halftime Show Picture of Diversity

Bruno Mars, with a Puerto Rican-Hungarian and Filipino background, shows entertainment’s growing diversity as well as his status as a world-class entertainer.

February 3, 2014

Russell Wilson Reps Higher Education Well

It is impossible not to be impressed by the maturity, poise, confidence and leadership consistently demonstrated by the 25-year-old.

February 2, 2014

Why College Football Should Be Banned

For-profit college athletics are married to institutions ostensibly built for higher learning and operating under protection of non-profit umbrellas. It is a time for a divorce.

February 2, 2014

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$400M Project Underway for Notre Dame’s Football Stadium

The University of Notre Dame announced a $400 million plan Wednesday to expand the school’s 84-year-old football stadium, adding thousands of premium seats plus new buildings at the “House that Rockne Built.”

January 29, 2014

College Athletes Form Union Against NCAA ‘Dictatorship’

Northwestern University’s quarterback and the United Steelworkers announced plans Tuesday to form the first labor union for college athletes—the latest salvo in the bruising fight over whether amateur players should be paid.

January 28, 2014

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Stanford Keeps Bill Walsh’s Diversity Legacy a Priority

Stanford’s current diverse line-up of Black athletic leadership stems from the work of legendary 49ers coach Bill Walsh, who promoted minority leadership on and off the field.

January 27, 2014

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Leadership & Policy

University of Michigan Names Mark Schlissel New President

Brown University Provost Mark Schlissel was named Friday as the new president of the University of Michigan, vowing to strengthen what he called a “jewel” of higher education in the U.S.

January 26, 2014

Richard Sherman, Stanford Communications Major and Super Bowl Lout

You can study communications. But it doesn’t mean you’ve mastered it.

January 26, 2014

Game Changer: Experts Say Health Risks to Put Football in Hands of Low-Income, Minority Players

As more and more reports of brain injuries are tied to football, experts warn it will become a game played by low-income and minority players and watched by White spectators.

January 26, 2014

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U. of Michigan Students Seeking Diversity to Meet With School Officials

University of Michigan students seeking to promote racial diversity at the school are expected to meet with university officials today.

January 23, 2014

University of North Carolina: Athlete Literacy Research Findings Flawed

North Carolina’s top academic officer said Friday that reading specialist Mary Willingham’s findings on athlete literacy levels are flawed, though she stands firm that her research is “100 percent correct.”

January 19, 2014

Kentucky State Drops Students Over Accounts

Roughly 200 students at Kentucky State University were cutting class this last week, but not getting in trouble for it.

January 19, 2014

Special Issue: NCAA Convention

In this NCAA sports-focused edition, Diverse tackles head injuries in collegiate sports, specifically football, and how it will it affect the demographics of college football in the next decade or two.

January 15, 2014