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Leadership & Policy

Vice Chancellor OK’d to Take Top Post at Fayetteville Campus

LITTLE ROCK The University of Arkansas Board of Trustees voted unanimously Friday to name G. David Gearhart as the Fayetteville campus’ next chancellor. The 10-member board approved Gearhart, 55, after meeting in executive session for about 40 minutes. “I pledge I will do all I can to provide an administration that has a combination of […]

Leadership & Policy

Lack Of Black Coordinators Leads to Few Head Coaching Opportunities

If being a provost or vice president for academic affairs is a necessary last stop before becoming a college president, then putting in time as an offensive or defensive coordinator should be the surefire pathway to landing a highly coveted and lucrative collegiate football head coaching position. But for Blacks, the pipeline to the head coaching slot is choked at the coordinator level.

Grants & Gifts

California State University, Dominguez Hills has received a $1.1 million grant from the U.S. Department of Education to continue the Ronald E. McNair Post-baccalaureate Achievement Program. In addition to helping the seven scholars who are currently participating in the initiative, 19 new students have been admitted into the research-intensive program. Colorado College has received $10 […]

Presidents Play Key Role in Spreading Diversity in College Coaching Ranks

NASHVILLE Tenn. University of Cincinnati president Nancy Zimpher has hired a football coach, men’s basketball coach and women’s basketball coach in the past 16 months. What she wanted in candidates couldn’t have been clearer. “I think the athletic director knew not even to bring the pool to me until it was representative,” Zimpher said Friday […]

Universities Continue to Spend Big on Head Football Coaches

With the college football season coming to a close with the BCS National Championship, Diverse took a look at 17 universities that recently hired new head coaches and compared their salaries to the former head coaches.

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part II

Last week, Diverse provided the results of a survey we conducted earlier this year on the compensation and salary packages of head coaches football at public historically Black colleges and universities.

UMES on Cuomo’s List in Revenue-sharing Scheme

PRINCESS ANNE Md. The University of Maryland Eastern Shore is on New York Attorney General Andrew Cuomo’s list of 63 colleges that participated in what he says was a deceptive revenue-sharing scheme with a student-loan marketing firm. Cuomo says Florida-based Student Financial Services paid universities and athletic departments for the right to use college mascots […]

Former UCLA Coach Dorrell Spotted On Duke Campus

DURHAM N.C. Former UCLA coach Karl Dorrell was spotted on the Duke campus Monday, while the Blue Devils’ search for a coach dragged into its third week. Dorrell, who was fired last week after the Bruins finished 6-6 this season, was seen in the passenger seat of a convertible near Cameron Indoor Stadium. Don Yee, […]

Just the Stats: What Public HBCU Coaches Are Paid, Part I

Diverse recently conducted a survey in order to compare the compensation and salary packages of head coaches at public historically Black colleges and universities.

Leadership & Policy

U. of Colorado Settles Sex-Assault Suit

DENVER The University of Colorado has agreed to pay two women $2.85 million to settle a lawsuit alleging they were sexually assaulted by football players and recruits, school officials said Wednesday. The allegations had sparked a football recruiting scandal at the school, prompted broad university reforms and led to a shake-up of its top leaders. […]

Perspectives: UCLA Fires Dorrell Despite Academic Success, Winning Record and 100% Bowl Record

What does a Black coach have to do to keep his job? Many observers and critics of coaching equity are probably asking that question in light of the reasons the University of California, Los Angeles athletic director has given for the firing of head football coach Karl Dorrell.

More Bowl Teams Meet Academic Standards

More bowl-bound Division I football programs are meeting the NCAA’s minimum acceptable academic standards than last year, according to a study released Monday. The report by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida found that of the 64 teams headed for bowls, 73 percent earned recent Academic Progress […]

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