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Leadership & Policy

Illinois State Players, Coaches Mourn 7 Victims of Plane Crash

A news conference at Illinois State University to discuss the seven school officials and fans who died in a plane crash while returning from the NCAA Tournament became a tearful, moving memorial Wednesday.

April 8, 2015

Leadership & Policy

Southern University Reassigns Athletic Director

Southern University Athletic Director William Broussard has been reassigned to the Southern System’s president’s office as a fund raiser.

March 26, 2015

Faculty & Staff

Coaches Play an Important Role in Our Society

Many of us can point to someone that we called “coach” who was instrumental in molding and shaping our lives.

February 26, 2015

Students

Higher Ed’s Super Bowl Dilemma: Go to Game or Pay for Dartmouth?

Hmm. But you can still drink a heck of a lot more at Dartmouth — for now.

February 1, 2015

Students

Let’s See Leniency for Oregon Duck ‘Satirists’

Oregon player chant deserves applause not discipline.

January 4, 2015

Sports

First Asian Pacific American Heisman Winner Could be Just What College Football Needs

Oregon’s Marcus Mariota’s angelic image good for college sports

December 14, 2014

Sports

Bowie State Fires Ex-NFL Player Charles Grant for Body-Slamming Student

Former NFL player Charles Grant has been fired from his position as a volunteer football coach at Bowie State University after a video surfaced showing him throwing a student to the floor.

November 12, 2014

Sports

NCAA Graduation Rates Improve, Critics Cry Foul

NCAA President Mark Emmert keeps touting the record-breaking graduation rates of Division I athletes. Critics keep balking at the interpretation of those numbers, citing recent academic scandals.

October 28, 2014

Students

School Bets Video Game Scholarship Can Draw Talent

CHICAGO ― As a teenager, holed up in his bedroom, illuminated by the glow of his laptop, Youngbin Chung became addicted to video games. Ten-hours-a-day addicted.

October 6, 2014

Students

Ohio State Student’s Jaunt onto Football Field Costs Him Scholarship

A student who ran onto the field during an Ohio State football game and was body-slammed by a coach is losing his scholarship amid his court case.

October 1, 2014

Students

More Schools Mixing Beer, Football at Stadiums

A growing number of schools are bringing the party inside, opening taps in concourses that traditionally have been alcohol-free zones.

August 24, 2014

Students

Bad Behavior on Social Media Can Cost Recruits

At St. Paul’s Episcopal School in Mobile, Alabama, the high school that produced Crimson Tide quarterbacks AJ McCarron and Jake Coker, there’s a new preseason ritual for football players: the social media talk.

August 11, 2014