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Leadership & Policy

Grambling President Advises Connecting with Politicians

Grambling State President Richard Gallot has advice for his peers, offered as a seasoned politician turned higher education administrator: connect with your so-called adversaries early, earnestly and often.

January 22, 2017

Debate Persists Over Pay for NCAA Athletes

All paths in this debate over paying student-athletes inevitably lead to that familiar mantra: Follow the money.

January 19, 2017

Commissioner Judy MacLeod Shows Way Through Athletic Glass Ceiling

As the first and thus far only female to be appointed commissioner of a Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) athletic conference, Judy MacLeod serves as an inspiration and motivator to those eager to see more diverse representations in intercollegiate athletics.

January 16, 2017

Judy MacLeod became commissioner of Conference USA on Oct. 26, 2015. (Photo courtesy of Conference USA)

University of Minnesota President: Sexual Misconduct Training not Getting Through

ST. PAUL, Minn. — University of Minnesota President Eric Kaler says his school needs to do a better job of training its student-athletes on sexual assault and harassment issues because something isn’t getting through. In an interview published Saturday in the St. Paul Pioneer Press in the wake of the football team’s sexual assault scandal, […]

January 16, 2017

University of Texas Track Coach Mario Sategna Returns after Investigation

AUSTIN, Texas — Texas track coach Mario Sategna has returned to the program after a months-long leave of absence and a school ethics and misconduct investigation. Texas officials announced Wednesday that Sategna had returned to duty after four months away from the Longhorns program. Officials acknowledged receiving “conduct complaints,” but did not provide any details […]

January 12, 2017

Column: Amid Abuses, College Sports Sometimes Gets it Right

TAMPA, Fla. — Deshaun Watson wanted to be first. We’re not talking about anything he’s done on the football field. The Clemson quarterback may be going for a national championship Monday night, but he’s already scored one of the biggest victories of his life. In just three years, Watson became the first member of his […]

January 8, 2017

Haskell Indian Nations University’s Attorneys: School not Subject to Title IX

The university’s attorneys — contesting a lawsuit filed by a former student over an alleged rape — argue that the school is not subject to Title IX, which prohibits gender-based discrimination, sexual harassment and sexual violence in education.

December 29, 2016

Leadership & Policy

At University of Minnesota, a Boycott is Over but Tensions are Not

MINNEAPOLIS — Minnesota President Eric Kaler stepped behind the podium and began to speak, a crisis averted after seven Golden Gophers football players announced that the team would not boycott the upcoming Holiday Bowl against Washington State because 10 of their teammates had been suspended in a sexual assault case. “I listened to their concerns,” […]

December 27, 2016

St. Peter’s Severs Ties with Athletic Director ‘Boe’ Pearman

JERSEY CITY, N.J. — Belinda “Boe” Pearman is out as St. Peter’s University athletic director after only 15 months. St. Peter’s President Eugene J. Cornacchia sent a text to the school’s trustees that simply read: “I write to inform you that Boe Pearman is no longer employed at St. Peter’s University. I’m grateful for Boe’s […]

December 21, 2016

University of Minnesota Football Team Ends Boycott Threat, Will go to Holiday Bowl

The University of Minnesota football team’s boycott started with a bold demand for apologies and a threat to skip a bowl game if 10 teammates suspended after a sexual assault investigation weren’t reinstated.

December 18, 2016

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Former Coach Art Briles Sues Baylor Officials for Libel, Conspiracy

AUSTIN, Texas — Former Baylor football coach Art Briles has sued three school regents and a vice president for libel and slander, accusing them of falsely stating he knew of reported assaults and alleged gang rapes by players and didn’t report them. The lawsuit also asserts that Baylor officials conspired to damage his reputation and […]

December 11, 2016

Colleges Pushed to Note Sexual Misconduct on Transcripts

Colleges that expel students whom they suspect of having committed sexual assault are being asked to go further by specifying the reason for expulsion on their transcripts.

December 8, 2016

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Lawsuit: University of Dayton Covered Up Football Team Hazing Claims

DAYTON, Ohio — A new lawsuit claims the University of Dayton covered up allegations of hazing connected to the school’s football team by ensuring that a UD police investigation never reached local officials. Max Engelhart, a former UD student and offensive lineman, filed the lawsuit against the western Ohio school, its football coach and others […]

December 8, 2016

Athletics Forum Panelists Advocate Proactivity During Crisis

From crisis management to fan engagement, the annual Intercollegiate Athletics Forum allowed leaders in the collegiate landscape to touch base and exchange ideas.

December 7, 2016

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Graduation Rate Gap Persists for Black, White Bowl Football Players

A new report shows a 19 percent gap in the graduation rate of Black and White bowl-bound, NCAA football players.

December 5, 2016

Liberty Names Former Baylor AD Ian McCaw New Athletic Director

LYNCHBURG, Va. — Ian McCaw, former athletic director at scandal-plagued Baylor, is the new athletic director at Liberty University. The school made the announcement on its web site Monday. McCaw replaces Jeff Barber, who resigned abruptly on Nov. 18. McCaw spent 13 years at Baylor, and the school won four national championships and 56 Big […]

November 28, 2016

NCAA: Notre Dame Must Vacate Wins After Academic Misconduct

SOUTH BEND, Ind. — Brian Kelly’s worst season at Notre Dame took a embarrassing turn Tuesday as the NCAA announced that academic misconduct orchestrated by a student athletic trainer will cost the storied program all 21 victories from the 2012-13 seasons, including the 12-0 run that vaulted the Fighting Irish into the national championship game […]

November 22, 2016

Former Rutgers Football Players Accused of Sexual Assault

NEW BRUNSWICK, N.J. — A Rutgers University student is alleging in a lawsuit that she was sexually assaulted by two Rutgers football players during her freshman year last fall. The complaint says Marques Ford and John Bowers sexually assaulted the victim at an on-campus apartment that housed several football players on Nov. 14, 2015. It […]

November 22, 2016