Tag: Athletics: Page 18

Students

Florida State/Jameis Winston Case is Higher Ed’s Year in Review

Winston gets a pass on student code, and playing this week. Surprised?

December 28, 2014

Sports

In Case You Missed It…

Is Higher Ed Culture Discouraging to Student-Athlete Activism? College Access Programs Can Be an Asset to Low-Income Students City College of San Francisco Works to Bridge the Science Gap White is the New Black in Neo-Civil Rights Language

December 19, 2014

Sports

Police, Black Community Desperately Need Dialogue

I grew up respecting and fearing the police. I still respect them but I also still fear them.

December 4, 2014

Students

Wins for College Athletes in Court Could Cost Fellow Students

High-profile legal cases and NCAA policy changes are likely to boost the cost of fielding big-time athletics programs, and students — even those who never attend a single college basketball or football game — may have to foot the bill.

December 1, 2014

Sports

Bowie State Fires Ex-NFL Player Charles Grant for Body-Slamming Student

Former NFL player Charles Grant has been fired from his position as a volunteer football coach at Bowie State University after a video surfaced showing him throwing a student to the floor.

November 12, 2014

Sports

Former University of North Carolina Football Player Files Lawsuit

Former University of North Carolina football player Michael McAdoo has filed a lawsuit against the school, saying it failed to provide him and other athletes a quality education by guiding them toward sham classes.

November 10, 2014

Sports

What Does It Mean to Not be Black Enough?

So the question comes up, what is Black enough and what are the qualifications?

November 4, 2014

Sports

NCAA Graduation Rates Improve, Critics Cry Foul

NCAA President Mark Emmert keeps touting the record-breaking graduation rates of Division I athletes. Critics keep balking at the interpretation of those numbers, citing recent academic scandals.

October 28, 2014

Students

Wainstein Report on UNC Should Make All Schools Rethink Athletics

It’s time to drop the pretense and separate sports from the schools.

October 26, 2014

Sports

Failures in Oversight Worsened University of North Carolina Academic Fraud

Failures in Oversight Worsened University of North Carolina Academic Fraud.

October 26, 2014

Students

Panel Addresses Sexual Violence at the University of Oregon

A task force studying ways to prevent sexual violence at the University of Oregon has come up with a list of nearly two dozen recommendations, including the creation of a single office dedicated to addressing the problem.

October 23, 2014

Sports

Probe Reveals Scope of Academic Fraud at the University of North Carolina

More than 3,100 students—nearly half of them athletes—enrolled in classes they didn’t have to show up for and received artificially inflated grades in what an investigator called a “shadow curriculum” that lasted nearly two decades at the University of North Carolina.

October 22, 2014