Tag: NCAA: Page 36

Faculty & Staff

UNC-Chapel Hill Chancellor to Resign Amid Scandals

UNC chancellor to step down next year in the wake of scandals involving academic fraud, improper travel spending by fundraisers and special treatment for athletes.

September 17, 2012

Students

FAMU Holds First Home Game Without Famed Band

Saturday marked the first FAMU football game in decades without a halftime show of elaborate dances, booming percussion and thundering brass.

September 16, 2012

Sports

New Guide Offers Tips on Establishing and Maintaining Effective Campus Safety Teams

A new guidebook hopes to curb campus crime by leading campus teams through the process of anticipating and responding different types of campus problems or threats.

September 12, 2012

Students

Q&A With Bernard Muir: Continuing Traditions

With more than 20 years in sports administration, Bernard Muir joined Stanford University in August as its new director of athletics.

September 11, 2012

Faculty & Staff

Slow-moving UNC Academic Sports Scandal Unresolved

A two-year scandal at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill that has led to sidelined football players, NCAA penalties and the departure of a big-name coach has slowly built into questions of how widely academic fraud has spread at the elite public university.

September 9, 2012

Faculty & Staff

900 Jackson State Students Getting iPads

Nine hundred Jackson State University students are taking part in a program in which they will receive iPads for school work.

September 4, 2012

Sports

Clark Atlanta Suspends Band Performances

Clark Atlanta University has suspended performances by its marching band following an allegation of possible hazing.

September 3, 2012

Sports

Governor: Let University of North Dakota Dump Fighting Sioux Nickname

Gov. Jack Dalrymple asked North Dakota lawmakers on Monday to reverse a decision they made eight months earlier and allow the University of North Dakota to drop its Fighting Sioux athletics nickname.

November 8, 2011

Students

Congressman Bobby Rush Compares NCAA to Mafia

The Democratic congressman from Chicago compared the NCAA to the Mafia over how it controls the lives of student athletes.

November 2, 2011

Students

NCAA Board Approves Tougher Academic Standards, Scholarship Funds for Student-Athlete Spending

The National Collegiate Athletic Association’s Division I board announced sweeping changes to athlete eligibility requirements and scholarship aid during a news conference call on Thursday.

October 27, 2011

Leadership & Policy

Commentary: NCAA Last Amateur Left in College Sports

The number of people who buy the NCAA’s argument that amateurism is the backbone of college sports is dwindling by the day.

October 26, 2011

Sports

NCAA Graduation Rate Hits All-Time High at 82 Percent

College athletes are outperforming other students in the classroom, and they’re doing it at a record rate.

October 25, 2011