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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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Leadership & Policy

Group of Baylor Supporters Demand Change to Regents

Some of Baylor University’s most prominent supporters, including a former Texas governor and the billionaire businessman whose name adorns the football stadium, called Monday for a shakeup of the school’s board of regents in the wake of the campus sexual assault scandal. The months of criticism over the response by the nation’s largest Baptist university’s […]

Before Election Day, Harvard Takes a Stand Against Sexist Locker Room Talk

After discovering a salacious scouting report where men’s soccer team members rated women’s team members, Harvard has canceled the team’s remaining season.

Ex-Baylor Official Says She was Told to not Put Anything in Writing

WACO, Texas ― The former Title IX coordinator at Baylor University says that a top school official told her to never put anything in writing after she sent him a 16-page memo detailing her concerns that her authority and support were still being compromised even as the university had indicated it was trying to make […]

NCAA to Distribute Millions for Academic Performance

The NCAA will distribute millions of dollars in March Madness money to member schools as a reward for academic performance by athletes, starting in 2019-20. The NCAA announced Thursday that the Division I Board of Directors and NCAA Board of Governors approved the change to the revenue distribution model. The money will come from the […]

Expert: Non-Whites Must Flex Growing Political Muscle Now

Based on longstanding efforts to squelch their voice at the polls, people of color in the U.S. must prepare for the political power they stand to gain through population increase—or risk being ruled by a White minority.

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Freshman Year Doesn’t Have to be Stressful

I don’t think that I had any bouts with stress while I was in college. Of course, the word “stress” wasn’t hot during the 1960s.

Abdul-Jabbar: Poverty Biggest Barrier to Higher Ed

Author and NBA legend Kareem Abdul-Jabbar cited poverty as the biggest barrier that threatens to block the shots that low-income students have at higher education.

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LeBron James’ Foundation Opens Institute to Aid College Students

AKRON, Ohio ― LeBron James isn’t just helping kids afford college. He wants them to stay there and leave with diplomas. The Cleveland Cavaliers superstar, whose foundation announced a partnership with the University of Akron last year to pay for four years of tuition for inner-city public high school graduates who meet certain criteria, has […]

University of Louisville Sues Retired Professor Over Records

LOUISVILLE, Ky. ― A retired University of Louisville medical school professor who writes a blog is being sued by his former employer after he requested records related to a ban on postseason play for the men’s basketball team. Media outlets report the university filed a lawsuit Sept. 30 in Jefferson Circuit Court seeking to reverse […]

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