The Scholar Baller® program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), announced the recipients of the 2011 Academic Momentum Award. Eighty-nine nominations were received from 55 different colleges and universities. Top nominations were categorized into three teams based on each student-athlete’s academic improvement and the impact each student-athlete’s academic performance had…
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Assessing the 2011-12 Bowl-bound College Football Teams: Graduation rates improve; Racial Gap Persists Overall academic progress continued while the substantial gap between white and African-American football student-athletes remains the same from last year for the 70 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (formerly known as Division I-A schools) playing in this year’s college football bowl games, according…
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The NCAS will be sub-contracted by the NCAA to bring diversity and inclusion training to its member-institutions. Over the past four years, the NCAS has facilitated these workshops at over 180 NCAA colleges and universities. We look forward to investing in these student-athletes and administrators as we seek to fulfill our mission of effecting positive social change…
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Check out these articles from Scotland newspapers regarding their recent introduction to MVP: http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/home-news/violence-reduction-project-for-pupils-1.1134648 http://www.heraldscotland.com/comment/herald-view/the-message-is-clear-violence-is-unacceptable-1.1134618
MVP National will be hosting its first bystander intervention conference on May 31-June 1, 2012 at Northeastern University in Boston, MA. The theme will be: BYSTANDER INTERVENTION: FROM ITS ROOTS TO THE ROAD AHEAD Click here for more information!
On Nov 14-15, 2011 MVP trained a group of teachers and community workers in Edinburgh, Scotland. MVP delivered a train the trainers program empowering this group to work with students at Portobello High School in Edinburgh. This training was the first of two that MVP is delivering, with the second training on Nov 16-17 in…
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Check out this article by Arnie Fielkow from Legends of Baskeball about our president and founder, Dr. Richard Lapchick. http://www.legendsofbasketball.com/channel/236/
The 2010-11 Hiring Report Card is the eighth annual report. This year, the overall grades continue to improve at some institutions as well as the individual letter grades in certain categories. However, there is still room for improvement as some schools continue to fall below par when each of the four categories of the Hiring…
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Click here for a recent article in the New York Times about our president and founder, Dr. Richard Lapchick. Inspiring!
Mild Progress Continues: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) Schools in the 2011-12 Academic Year Orlando, Fla.… November 8, 2011 – While there has been some progress, the key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences remain overwhelmingly white and male according to a new study…
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