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CORRELATING DIVERSITY SUCCESS WITH ACADEMIC SUCCESS

Texas A&M, NCAA partnership recognizes universities that best champion diversity.

NC A&T State Football Player Dies

North Carolina A&T State University says a football player has died from complications of heat illness.

Former NDSCS Athlete Being Deported

A former North Dakota State College of Science basketball player from Algeria who pleaded guilty to racking up thousands of dollars in international phone bills on a school-issued calling card now faces deportation.

Getting to Know Derek Inouchi

Growing up in Honolulu, Derek Inouchi followed University of Hawaii sports with a passion, collecting team media guides the way other kids collected baseball cards and comic books.

Perspectives: A2MEND Addressing Issues Facing Black Males in Higher Education

Since its founding in 2005, the African American Male Education Network and Development (A2MEND) organization has grown from an organization that identified the main component of their mission to “create an affirming academic and professional environment for African-Americans,” to an organization that is actively achieving this mission through providing workshops and presentations throughout California and the United States.

NCAA Academic Report: Some College Teams May Be Hit Hard

College teams that consistently underperform in the classroom are getting hit harder by the NCAA.

NCAA Addresses Gender Equity: Where Do We Go From Here?

“An area within women’s intercollegiate athletics that hasn’t had a voice is the status of women of color,” says Charlotte F. Westerhaus, NCAA vice president for diversity and inclusion.

Black Players Drop to 8.2 Percent of Major Leaguers

Major League Baseball received its best grade for racial diversity in hiring, even as the percentage of Black players dropped again last year.

Faculty & Staff

AAUP Report on Faculty Salaries Asks “Where Are the Priorities?”

Faculty members’ salaries nationwide are not keeping up with inflation, while head football coaches, college presidents and other high level universities official are seeing a significant rise in pay, says a report by the American Association of University Professors.

NY Court Rules for Man Who Says He was Fired Over His Black Wife

A jury might conclude that a White former college basketball coach was fired because he was married to a Black woman, a federal appeals court said Tuesday as it reinstated a lawsuit that had been dismissed by a judge.

ESPN Documentary on the HBCU Athletes Who Desegregated College Sports Scores Big

The stories of Black athletes integrating professional sports are legendary.

So You Want to Be a Coach?

In 2000, the NCAA took a look at the number of minority women who were head coaches in Division I women’s college basketball and the statistics were underwhelming — only 19 head coaches out of 330 programs.

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