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Flickers of Light Amid Collegiate Sport’s Academically Dim World

Flickers of Light Amid Collegiate Sport’s Academically Dim World Our Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars edition gives us an opportunity this time every year to reflect on the status of the student-athlete. A look at abysmal graduation rates of college athletes coupled with those standout scholars who are able to manage their studies and sports […]

Kenyan Named Virginia Military Institute’s 10th Rhodes Scholar

Kenyan Named Virginia Military Institute’s 10th Rhodes Scholar LEXINGTON, Va.Star student and athlete Michael Lokale says his life has been filled with many blessings. And now, as the Virginia Military Institute’s 10th Rhodes Scholar, the first classman is looking forward to yet another. As one of only two Kenyans selected from a pool of more […]

Report: Minorities Hold Few Top College Sports Jobs in Michigan

Report: Minorities Hold Few Top College Sports Jobs in Michigan DETROITAlthough state universities and the NCAA have discussed the issue of diversity for decades, nine out of 10 jobs in Michigan college athletics are still going to White candidates, and three out of four to men. The findings of a study by The Detroit News […]

Professional Appointments

Professional Appointments Valecia Brooks is the new director of development and community relations for the College of Law at Florida International University. Brooks comes to FIU from Orlando, where she owned her own marketing and consulting agency. Brooks earned a bachelor’s from the University of Florida.Louis Brownlowe has been named dean of the division of […]

Study: Many Bowl Teams Fail to Make the Grade

Study: Many Bowl Teams Fail to Make the Grade ORLANDO, Fla.College football teams playing in this season’s bowl games may be high scorers on the field, but a new study reveals the opposite may be true off the field, particularly when it comes to graduation rates. The study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates […]

: USF Must Reconsider Firing Of Women’s Basketball Coach

: USF Must Reconsider Firing Of Women’s Basketball Coach TAMPA, Fla.A state appeals court has ordered University of South Florida officials to reconsider the firing of a women’s basketball coach accused of racial discrimination. The 2nd District Court of Appeal ruled last month that one of the two reasons on which the university based the […]

Firing of MSU Football Coach Raises Questions, Sparks Discussion

Firing of MSU Football Coach Raises Questions, Sparks DiscussionOnly three Black head coaches remain in Division IBy Erik Lords EAST LANSING, Mich.Then there were three. The surprising in-season firing of Michigan State University football coach Bobby Williams last month left many college sports observers across the nation asking several questions. Did race play a factor […]

Once-in-a-lifetime Career Opportunities

Once-in-a-lifetime Career OpportunitiesEven as women move up the university’s ladder to accept senior-level positions, the question remains — Can women in the academy have it all?By Kendra HamiltonWhen Dr. Lucy J. Reuben rises each morning to prepare for her dream job as provost and vice chancellor of academic affairs at North Carolina Central University, it’s […]

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money

Morris Brown Faces Increased Pressure to Solve Financial Crisis, Pay Back Money ATLANTAMorris Brown College’s financial crisis appears to be growing as recent newspapers report in addition to being $23 million in debt, things are so bad that the cafeteria sometimes runs out of food, computer labs carefully ration paper and laptop computers that cost […]

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the Future

Clean Audit Gives Grambling Hope for the FutureOfficials celebrate financial makeover, turn attention to other areas in need of reviewBy Scott DyerGRAMBLING, La.Grambling State University scored a major victory in its fight to remain accredited last month when the historically Black school received its first unqualified audit in five years.Accreditation by the Southern Association of […]

Webcasting the College Game

Webcasting the College GameInternet, media firms team up with football conference to bring sporting events to a new audience.A new era in college sports broadcasting got under way in late August when fans watched a Big 12 conference game between the University of Louisiana-Lafayette and Texas A&M University on their computers using high-speed Internet connections. […]

Giving Back to the Future

Giving Back to the FutureSouth Carolina’s Call Me Mister program has a huge task at hand. Not only has it taken on the shortage of teachers in general, but that of Black teachers and Black males in particular. It is an issue that stretches across all disciplines and harbors far-reaching societal implications as the gender […]

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