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Special Issue: NCAA Convention

011614coverlgIn this NCAA sports-focused edition, Diverse tackles head injuries in collegiate sports, specifically football, and how it will it affect the demographics of college football in the next decade or two. Stanford’s history of diverse head coaches under the guidance of legendary 49ers coach Bill Walsh is also covered, as well as the proposed removal of collegiate sports altogether at the University of the District of Columbia.

Our Spectrum piece features Wendy Walters, director of Membership and Student-Athlete Affairs-Infractions Appeals Committees at the NCAA, and one of the highest-ranking females in leadership at the organization. Also included in the edition is a statistical package on intercollegiate athletics and diversity.

A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics
American sport has always served as a platform for resistance and has been measured and critiqued by how it responds in critical moments of racial and social crises.
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A New Track: Fostering Diversity and Equity in Athletics