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Sports

9 Pennsylvania Colleges Target of Gender Complaint

A women’s legal organization has filed discrimination complaints against nine universities in the Pennsylvania State System of Higher Education, alleging the schools have repeatedly failed to provide equal athletic opportunities for female students over several decades.

April 17, 2014

Students

University to Keep Nickname, Add Ute Scholarships

The University of Utah will keep its “Ute” name for sports teams under a new agreement announced Tuesday with leaders of the Ute Indian Tribe that also provides increased recruiting and financial help for tribe members.

April 15, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Priority on Sports an Issue Even at Smaller Colleges

Too often in the last decade, the spending by colleges and universities for new jobs and the like has either stayed steady or gone down. That is, except for sports.

April 14, 2014

Students

NCAA Urges Schools to Discuss Pitfalls of Unions

The NCAA contends that unionization by college athletes could lead to fewer scholarships and championships as well as a drop in academic support and career counseling.

April 14, 2014

Faculty & Staff

Morgan State Seeks to Make History in National HBCU Quiz Bowl Competition

The 25th anniversary year of the Honda Campus All-Star Challenge culminates this week with the national championship tournament at which Morgan State University seeks a third consecutive national title.

April 13, 2014

Students

Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholars Edition

cover040914In this special issue, Diverse names four outstanding scholar-athletes of color, this year’s Arthur Ashe Jr. Sports Scholar Award winners. Diverse also profiles past honorees who have gone on to success in the military, the field of nuclear energy and business and entertainment.

April 10, 2014

Sports

Northwestern University Appeals NLRB Ruling on Athletes

Northwestern University is asking the National Labor Relations Board to overturn a regional director’s ruling that the school’s football players are employees under federal law and thus entitled to unionize.

April 9, 2014

Sports

University of Massachusetts Basketball Player Announces He’s Gay

University of Massachusetts guard Derrick Gordon has become the first openly gay player in Division I men’s basketball.

April 9, 2014

Sports

The NCAA Madness Continues: Are You Ready for Higher Ed’s Civil War?

Is the NCAA running anything but a legal sweat shop?

April 7, 2014

Faculty & Staff

U.S. Presidents Gather to Commemorate 50th Anniversary of Civil Rights Act

President Barack Obama, along with all of the living U.S. presidents, will gather at a three-day summit to mark the 50th anniversary of the signing of the Civil Rights Act.

April 7, 2014

Students

In Case You Missed It…

Undergrads Get Tips From the Experts at College Language Association Convention Simply Put, Dorothy Yancy Has a History of Leading the Way If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students? Community Colleges Facing Challenge of Amended Policies and Mission

April 3, 2014

Students

If Student Athletes Are Allowed to Unionize, Will It Change How Colleges View All Their Students?

With the NCAA making a profit of more than one billion dollars a year, I’ve got nothing against the unionization of student-athletes.

March 31, 2014