Governing boards should be more involved in athletics oversight, for financial, ethical and academic reasons, a new report argues.
Allie Grasgreen
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October 9, 2012
After cutting its statute of limitations for students alleging sexual assault from two years to one to comply, officials thought, with federal guidelines, Duke backtracks and eliminates the statute completely.
October 8, 2012
Stalking is a bigger threat to students than many campuses realize and has a strong correlation to death, said one expert who implored colleges to do more.
October 5, 2012
WASHINGTON -- A National Collegiate Athletic Association committee charged with finding ways to address campus violence and prevention as it relates to athletes has a clearer idea of how it might do so after a two-day think tank here wrapped up Thursday.
October 2, 2012
In its new sophomore housing initiative, Ohio State University will draw from numerous strategies to improve retention and student success.
September 28, 2012
In dropping phys ed requirements, University of Chicago becomes latest institution to cut fitness and swim tests, the latter of which was required for graduation.
September 27, 2012
The 21 students and recent graduates who sued the University of California at Davis after they were pepper-sprayed by police at close range during a nonviolent Occupy protest last fall will receive a $1 million settlement, they announced Wednesday.
September 27, 2012
More colleges are getting on board with random drug testing of athletes, while others that already did it are testing more often.
September 25, 2012
An alternative method of measuring athletes' graduation rates shows football players lag behind their full-time, non-athlete peers in most conferences, with black athletes in many cases faring especially poorly.
September 24, 2012
A survey commissioned by the National Collegiate Athletic Association found that despite rules changes and legislation, the frequency of concussions among football players in all three divisions has remained steady in the past seven years.
