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Sports

Board Oks Pacts With Pa. University Faculty Raises

The board that oversees Pennsylvania’s 14 state-owned universities gave the green light Wednesday to new contracts for thousands of faculty members and hundreds of sports coaches.

March 20, 2013

Sports

NCAA To Reconsider Some Recruiting Deregulation

The NCAA’s board of directors will review two proposals adopted in January that were aimed at deregulating recruiting after some coaches and administrators expressed concerns about the possible changes.

March 11, 2013

Sports

Role of Race in Winning Sheds Light on the Need for Integration

Watch any major college sporting event these days, and you’re almost guaranteed to see at least one African-American face competing, if not a majority.

February 24, 2013

Students

New Class Heading Into Black College Football Hall of Fame

The 2013 class includes six players who have been inducted into the Pro Football Hall of Fame.

February 14, 2013

Sports

Missing Men: The Lack of African-American Head Coaches in College Football

College football is arguably the most popular sport at the nation’s colleges and universities.

January 31, 2013

Sports

A Special Tribute to the Unsung Heroes and Heroines of College Sports

Many are familiar with the work of organizations such as Black Coaches and Administrators and the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, which serve as policing organizations to monitor the NCAA’s commitment to diversity in hiring as well as athletic programs’ commitment to academics, respectively.

January 28, 2013

Sports

Social Media’s Undeniable Impact on College Sports

In just a few short years, social media have become the centerpiece at the table of intercollegiate athletics. Stakeholders are now examining how best to utilize and at times cope with entities such as Twitter and Facebook.

January 27, 2013

Sports

Governor: NCAA ‘Piled On’ Penn St. for Its Own Benefit

The NCAA overstepped its authority by imposing hefty sanctions on Penn State University in the wake of the Jerry Sandusky child molestation scandal, Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Corbett said Wednesday as he filed a federal antitrust lawsuit against the college athletics governing body.

January 2, 2013

Faculty & Staff

Hiring of Black College Football Coaches Still Lagging

The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) released a report card on the hiring of minority football coaches at the Division I level on November 29, which showcased mixed results.

December 28, 2012

Sports

Tie Government Funding to Ending College Athletics’ Discriminatory Hiring Practices

Research shows that 90 percent of college presidents, 87.5 percent of athletic directors, and all of the commissioners of the 11 major conferences, representing 120 schools, are White.

December 4, 2012

Sports

Embree Exposes Plight of Minority Head Football Coaches

On November 26, 2012, Jon Embree’s emotions and character were on display for all to see. After a dismal 1-11 season, which included several embarrassing losses such as a 70-14 drubbing at the hands of the Oregon Ducks, the University of Colorado held a press conference announcing that Embree had been fired as the head coach of the football team.

December 3, 2012

Leadership & Policy

Women’s College Basketball Hiring Shows Some Decline in Forward Momentum

Data from FBS schools with openings for head coaches showed decreases from 2011 in the percentages of people of color being interviewed and on search committees for women’s college basketball vacancies.

November 15, 2012