athletics reform Archives

PERSPECTIVES: Trump-Era Title IX Rule “Swings Pendulum Too Far”

A number of Title IX administrators and academics plan to press the federal government to reconsider the rule.

by Future U/ March 7, 2022/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

The budget deficit in athletics has grown to $121.5 million. Faculty want change. Read more from Inside Higher Education.

by Future U/ November 29, 2020/ Higher Ed, Perspectives/

“More than 6 out of 10 college athletes and three-fourths of coaches and staff believe racism is a concerning issue …

by Future U/ October 16, 2020/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Richard V. Reeves: “Elite colleges are serving to reinforce class inequality, rather than reduce it. The opaque, complex, unfair admissions …

by Future U/ March 13, 2019/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

“March Madness” begins this week, a time when fans focus intensely on college basketball. Norm Chad thinks they need to …

by Future U/ March 12, 2018/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Read the latest from ESPN.

by Future U/ February 23, 2018/ MSU, News Briefs, Society/

Why? How? Read more here.

by Future U/ July 14, 2017/ Higher Ed, Neoliberalism, Perspectives, Society/

How might schools get an antitrust exemption for collegiate sports? Create LEAD1 and establish a Political Action Committee (PAC). Read …

by Future U/ March 25, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

“Without a moral center (the system) careens from one scandal to the next and is rooted in rank exploitation.” Read …

by Future U/ March 22, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Society/

Athletics directors seek to maintain status quo. Read more in The Washington Post.

by Future U/ January 16, 2017/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

It’s another chapter in the disturbing commentary about the state of collegiate athletics. Read more.

by Future U/ November 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

Wisconsin star, Nigel Hayes, used ESPN’s College GameDay program to call out financial choices of the Big Ten and NCAA. Read …

by Future U/ October 17, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Jim Thorpe was stripped of an Olympic Gold in 1913 because he played minor league baseball. Wonder what he would …

by Future U/ September 4, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/

From Inside Higher Education: “The new documentary The Business of Amateurs argues that the NCAA generates billions of dollars while compromising …

by Future U/ August 27, 2016/ Higher Ed, Perspectives, Public Higher Ed, Society/

Here’s an analysis of Michigan’s public universities. From MLive. Read more here.

by Future U/ August 23, 2016/ Higher Ed, News Briefs, Society/