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Tag: Student Athletes: Page 4
Sports
NCAA Votes to Change Rule Regarding Student-Athlete Payment
National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) leaders voted unanimously Tuesday in support of adjusting the rule to allow college athletes to profit from their “names, images and likenesses.” This comes after state legislators nationwide looked to change the rule. In September a bill which prohibited California schools from punishing their athletes for accepting endorsement deals was […]
October 29, 2019
Sports
Congressional Black Caucus Panel Spotlights Black Student Athletes
The Congressional Black Caucus Annual Legislative Conference hosted a panel on Black student athletes featuring voices from across college sports.
September 12, 2019
Sports
Athletics is Educational, Theory Says So
Many faculty and administrators in the academy view athletics as a distraction to the mission of higher education, and athletes as second-tier students. However, the majority of college athletes not only earn their college education in their lectures and labs, but also earn it on the field, in the pool or on the court.
August 29, 2019
Students
NCAA’s Discriminatory APR Scores
A few weeks ago, the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) released their annual Academic Progress Rate (APR) scores for each Division I team. While the annual announcement of these scores typically generates headlines that APR scores are improving, these headlines are disturbingly misleading.
June 16, 2019
Sports
Diligence and Determination Defines Asia Seidt
When head swimming coach Lars Jorgensen was recruiting 2019 Arthur Ashe Jr. Female Sports Scholar Asia Seidt to the University of Kentucky he saw someone who could make an impact on the program.
April 4, 2019
Sports
Women’s Basketball Continues to Outpace Men’s Academically
Women’s basketball players still outperform their male counterparts, but there is still room for improvement, according to a new report.
March 19, 2019
Students
Academic Success Continues to Rise for NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament Teams
Graduation rates for African-American Division I men’s basketball student-athletes are rising, but gaps with their White teammates persists.
March 18, 2019
Sports
DOJ Reveals College Admissions Scandal, Rocks Higher Ed
The U.S. Department of Justice bombshell about 49 individuals across the nation who face charges in illegal schemes to get some of their children admitted to elite colleges has dropped jaws and raised ire across the higher education landscape.
March 12, 2019
Sports
TIDES Report: College Sport is Still Lacking in Diversity
In the latest Racial and Gender Report Card from The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) the overall grade for college sport is a C+.
February 27, 2019
Sports
Alignment of Values Crucial to Athletic and Academic Success
An important idea put forth at the Learfield Intercollegiate Athletics Forum presented by Sports Business Journal (IAF) is that the overall well-being of a college or university and its student-athletes requires an alliance between the board of trustees, the president and the athletic director.
December 6, 2018
Sports
Report Assesses the Academic Records of Bowl-Bound College Football Teams
While the Graduation Success Rate for football student-athletes in the 78 Football Bowl Subdivision schools continues to rise, the gap between African-American and White student-athletes persists.
December 3, 2018
Sports
Feminism, Womanism and Election 2018
As we stand a month away from the midterm elections, we do so as a record number of women of color are running for office. Congressional candidates like Rashida Tliab of Michigan, Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, and Jahana Hayes of Connecticut. New Mexico’s Deb Haaland and Sharice Davids of Kansas are poised to become the first American Indian women ever elected to Congress. Their entry would come over 190 years after Hiram Revels of the Lumbee tribe was elected as the first African -American and first American Indian to enter the legislature.
October 12, 2018
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