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 12, 2010 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick It could not be more appropriate that the Eddie Robinson Museum opens in Grambling, La., right in the middle of Black History Month 2010. More…
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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It would be easy to view issues in sports in the past year and become cynical about the role athletes play as role models or even if they should ever be role models in the first place. The actions of some athletes often make it more difficult to say athletes are stars in the community…
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Date of Release: December 31, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick Dennis Brutus died in his sleep Saturday in Cape Town, South Africa, at age 85. Between the early 1960s and the end of apartheid in South Africa, the architects of that most racist regime rarely slept, due to the force of major activists…
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Date of Release: December 9, 2009 (Special to ESPN.com) by Richard Lapchick One year ago this week, I wrote that we needed a civil rights movement in college football. As of Dec. 8, 2008, there were four African-American coaches left in the FBS (Football Bowl Subdivision), the lowest number in 15 years. More…
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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