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Section: Sports
Leadership & Policy
Happy Anniversary!
Congratulations to William E. Cox Jr., Diverse Vice President of Operations and Advertising, as we celebrate this week the 13th anniversary of his joining the team. This July, in fact, has been extra special for Will as he also has been able to savor his beloved World Cup competition.
July 16, 2014
Students
University of Connecticut’s AD Sees Need for Student-Athlete Stipends
Athletic director Warde Manuel says he opposes the idea of unions for college athletes, yet sees the need to provide students on athletic scholarships with additional money.
July 16, 2014
Faculty & Staff
Former Pro Football Player Shifts into Role of Scholar
Dr. Pellom McDaniels describes himself as a conundrum in the world of higher education.
July 8, 2014
Students
Low-Income Students’ Success in College Starts in High School
There needs to be a partnership between colleges and organizations in the communities where students live.
July 8, 2014
Students
How Does Your Pay Compare to University of California’s Salaries?
School releases 2013 data, says its workers are still paid “under-market.”
July 7, 2014
Sports
Schools Work to Focus Incoming College Students
Recent studies by Harvard University’s Center for Education Policy Research found that an estimated 20 percent of graduating seniors from urban school districts abandon their plans to attend college over the summer.
July 7, 2014
Sports
Community College Athletics No Longer Warm-up Acts for Bigger Stage
A robust world of sports-driven enthusiasm can be found on the campuses of junior colleges across the country.
July 6, 2014
Students
Indiana University to Offer Multiyear Scholarships
Indiana plans to immediately begin guaranteeing four-year scholarships to athletes and will agree not to reduce the amount of money students on partial scholarship receive year to year based on illness.
June 29, 2014
Leadership & Policy
DA Mulls Dropping Ex-UNC Professor’s Fraud Charge
Julius Nyang’oro is embroiled in a scandal involving academics and athletics.
June 24, 2014
Sports
College Athletic Recruiting: Next Promise Could Be a Paycheck
Recruiters pursuing the best high school football and basketball players might someday offer a nice paycheck to take with them when their college days are over.
June 22, 2014
Leadership & Policy
Course Correction Uncertain for Increasing Black Enrollment in Higher Ed
While HBCUs look to build a direct pipeline for Black high school students, mounting challenges continue to serve as a roadblock, said a veteran educator.
June 22, 2014
Sports
NCAA President: Paying Athletes Could Destroy College Sports
NCAA President Mark Emmert testified that any effort to pay players would destroy a framework that has been in place for more than a century and cause many schools to either abandon sports or refuse to play other schools that do pay.
June 19, 2014
Sports
China Says 127 Students Hired Others to Take Exam
At least 127 test-takers in a Chinese province hired other people to take the country’s all-important college entrance exam on their behalf, the provincial college admission office said.
June 18, 2014
Students
NCAA Begins Making Its Case for Amateurism
The women’s athletic director at the University of Texas testified Tuesday that paying basketball and football players would tear apart the very foundation the school’s athletics are based upon.
June 17, 2014
Sports
NCAA Athletes Could Make Big Money Under Plan
University of San Francisco economist Daniel Rascher based his testimony at the NCAA antitrust trial on the 55 percent of broadcast revenue the NFL shares with its players.
June 15, 2014
Sports
Former TV Exec: Paying College Athletes Could Harm Sports
Neal Pilson testified that fans enjoy the concept of young people playing college sports for the love of the game.
June 12, 2014
Sports
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June 12, 2014
Sports
Prothro Goes From ‘The Catch’ to the Courtroom
Football player testifies about facing the 10th surgery on the left leg he had broken and being told that his college benefits were about to run out.
June 11, 2014
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