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Faculty & Staff
Latest NCAA Scandal Comes from Headquarters
In an embarrassing blow to its watchdog image, the NCAA said Wednesday its enforcement staff had botched the high-profile investigation of the University of Miami by improperly conducting at least two depositions while working with an attorney for disgraced booster Nevin Shapiro.
January 23, 2013
Sports
NCAA Division II Delegates Deny Mexico Pilot Program Membership
In a narrow vote of 138 for and 141 against, the NCAA Division II delegates opted not to extend to Mexican colleges the same invitation to begin the application for membership process that had been given to Canada in 2008.
January 22, 2013
Sports
Student-Athletes Discuss Diversity at NCAA Convention
What does it mean to have diversity programs that are really inclusive—from the standpoint of the student athlete? That was the focus of a panel of former student athletes, now graduates, who shared their real life experiences with an audience of higher education athletics administrators at the 2013 convention of the NCAA in Dallas, Jan. […]
January 22, 2013
Students
Three More Schools Win OK To Waive Out-Of-State Costs
Mississippi Valley State University on Thursday became the second public university to allow all out-of-state residents to pay the same tuition rates as students who live in Mississippi.
January 21, 2013
Students
Report: National Pool of High School Graduates to Shrink, Grow More Diverse
Between now and 2020, the nation’s colleges and universities can expect to recruit among a smaller but decidedly more diverse pool of students, according to a new report.
January 17, 2013
Students
Special Report: 2013 NCAA Convention
Diverse salutes UConn Athletic Director Ward Manuel and 24 other intercollegiate sports leaders who have opened doors of opportunity for the underrepresented and underprivileged.
January 17, 2013
Students
University of New Orleans Tries Marketing Blitz to Stem Student Losses
The University of New Orleans is putting its name everywhere from social media outlets to highway billboards and trailers at local movie theaters.
January 14, 2013
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
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