Date of Release: March 31, 2010 (Press Release) How do race and gender affect sports? Are we playing fair on and off the field when it comes to race and gender? The 2009 Racial and Gender Report Card marked the first time that the five leagues received A’s for race. That is indeed noteworthy. Download…
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Date of Release: March 24, 2010 (Press Release) If the Sweet 16 for men’s/women’s basketball teams were based on Graduation Success Rates or Academic Progress Rates, then the complete seeding would be as follows… Download Press Release – Adobe PDF
Date of Release: March 16, 2010 (Press Release) The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Academic Progress/Graduation Success Rate Study of Division I NCAA Women’s and Men’s Basketball Tournament Teams,” which compare graduation rates for Division I teams that have been selected for…
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Date of Release: March 15, 2010 (Press Release) The study examines the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the tournament teams as reported by the NCAA. The study also compares the performance in the classroom for African-American and white basketball student-athletes. Download Press Release – Adobe PDF
Date of Release: March 11, 2010 (Press Release) As was the case two years ago in 2007, this report card featured updates only to the sections regarding racial and gender demographics of officials at the NCAA Headquarters, the university presidents, athletic directors, head football coaches, football coordinators and faculty athletic representatives at the 120 institutions…
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Date of Release: February 11, 2010 (Press Release) The NCAS is seeking nominations for the Giant Steps Awards in honor of National STUDENT-Athlete Day. National STUDENT-Athlete Day, created by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports, is designed to honor the hard work and dedication of high school and college student-athletes nationwide who have excelled…
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Date of Release: December 7, 2009 (Press Release) Updated: December 22, 2009 Overall academic progress continued while the gap between white and African-American football student-athletes increased slightly for the 68 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools (formerly known as Division I-A schools) playing in this year’s college football bowl games according to a study released today…
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Date of Release: November 24, 2009 (Press Release) This is the 16th issue of the Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), which is the definitive assessment of hiring practices of women and people of color in most of the leading professional and amateur sports and sporting organizations in the United Sates. The report considers the…
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Date of Release: November 17, 2009 (Press Release) The key leadership positions at Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools and conferences remained overwhelmingly white and male even though there was a record number of nine head coaches of color in the 2009 college football season at the FBS schools (formerly Division IA) according to a new…
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Date of Release: November 10, 2009 (Press Release) The Scholar-Baller® Program, in conjunction with the NCAS announced the winners of the Academic Momentum Award. Seventy-nine nominations were received from 50 different colleges and universities across the country. A male winner was chosen from all of the NCAS’ 10 regions and a female winner was chosen…
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