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Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
A new study shows the percentage of black coaches of big-time basketball and football teams lags far behind both the percentage of black athletes on those teams and the percentage of head coaches in professional leagues for those sports. Some feel racial attitudes, a strong old-boy network, and black coaches' low profiles are barriers to hiring…
Descriptors: Athletes, Athletic Coaches, Basketball, Black Teachers
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Board of Directors has decided not to re-examine a rule limiting the committees on which the Division I-A football conferences are entitled to hold a majority. Critics of the rule saw inequities in committee membership that would cause major teams to be governed by decisions of members…
Descriptors: Administrative Policy, College Athletics, Committees, Football
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
Controversy over limited representation of women on a key committee of the National Collegiate Athletic Association, the Division I Management Council, has renewed concerns that big-time football conferences are not committed to diverse membership on such panels. The division's board of directors rejected the first female nominees and suggested…
Descriptors: Change Strategies, College Athletics, Committees, Compliance (Legal)
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A National Collegiate Athletic Association study has found that the average athlete on a top college football or men's basketball team enters college in the bottom quarter of his class. Critics say the pursuit of success in athletics is corrupting higher education. Some attribute this pattern to racial bias in testing that skews athletes' test…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Athletes, Basketball
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1998
The proportion of women in top collegiate sports programs, 38%, and women's share of athletics budgets increased slightly in 1996-1997. Men still received almost twice as much money as women for operating expenses, recruiting, and athletically related financial aid. Advocates for women's athletics find the gains too small. College football…
Descriptors: Budgets, College Athletics, Females, Financial Support
Naughton, Jim – Chronicle of Higher Education, 1997
A confidential national survey of Division I athletics departments (n=87 universities) conducted by the University of Texas (Austin) found men's basketball coaches the highest-paid, with football coaches second. The report contains blind lists of salaries and compensation packages paid to each of 70 employee categories (administrators, coaches,…
Descriptors: Athletic Coaches, College Athletics, Comparative Analysis, Compensation (Remuneration)
