Athletics

Last week, we highlighted a couple of big-time college football teams struggling on the field but excelling in the classroom. We suggested it might be difficult, if not impossible, for teams to maintain stellar athletic and academic records given the time constraints and pressures on student-athletes. Are there…

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Two weeks ago, the University of Nebraska-Lincoln fired its athletic director, Steve Pederson, after the football team started the season 4-3 overall and 1-2 in the Big 12 conference. Following three more losses, Nebraska's perennially dominant football team has now been outscored 150 to 59 by…

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Last year, oil tycoon T. Boone Pickens broke the all-time record for gift-giving to a university athletics program when he donated $165 million to Oklahoma State University, his alma mater. Not only did OSU's sports program benefit, but Pickens himself received a large subsidy from the government because he was…

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Wealthy College Endowments Keep Increasing

The endowments of the nation's wealthiest universities continue to soar. Stanford University reported this week that its endowment grew by 23 percent to a staggering $17.2 billion in the 2007 fiscal…

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Yesterday, we highlighted the poor performance of college football players in the classroom and discussed the NCAA's academic reform efforts. After this season, the NCAA will have finished collecting all of its academic progress rate (APR) data on Division I colleges and is slated to implement a full…

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As the college football season kicks into high gear, it's hard not to get caught up in or at least be exposed to the insane promotion of big-time college athletics. Many of us watch and read around-the-clock media commentary that glorifies college football players for their…

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Ed Dept. Exercises Little Oversight in FFELP Market, Report Says

The Department of Education has failed to provide adequate oversight over the lenders that participate in the Federal Family Education Loan Program (FFELP), according to

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The NCAA has now crowned its men's basketball champion, the Florida Gators. The public has watched them excel on the basketball court-now if only we could get a glance at performance inside their classrooms.

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The NCAA Tournament, now narrowed to a Final Four group of colleges, is garnering more attention than ever. The Final Four, and before them the Sweet Sixteen, have been praised by the press and revered by the public for their success. Hey Dick Vitale and all of you crazies out…

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Early Admissions "Loophole" for Athletes

Schools that have recently eliminated the early admissions process, such as Harvard, Princeton, and the University of Virginia, still have an early admissions "loophole" in place…

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