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Beyond Sports
Spelman is eliminating intercollegiate athletics and withdrawing from NCAA competition, instead focusing on a campus-wide wellness initiative that emphasizes fitness for everyone.
Upping the Stakes
New model for enforcing NCAA rules violations emphasizes the most egregious conduct breaches and lays more responsibility on head coaches.
Concussion Confusion
U. of Arizona was accused of keeping a star player on the field despite head injury that appeared to cause vomiting. But university officials say that's not what happened.
The Football Dividend
Each win in top programs can bring in more donations and more in-state students, study finds, but the gains are for athletics, not universities as a whole.
Trade-Off in NCAA Grad Rates
Graduation rates among Division I football and men's basketball teams have risen to new heights (above 70 percent), but athletes over all are getting degrees at lower rates than last year.
One Step at a Time
Different groups are taking various actions as concern about concussions grows, but some say a more unified approach is needed to reduce number of injuries.
Sports in the Board Room
Governing boards should be more involved in athletics oversight, for financial, ethical and academic reasons, a new report argues.
A New Playbook
Admissions directors at public flagship universities seek to define best practices for the potentially problematic area of admissions exceptions for athletics.