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Progress Being Made in the Diversity of College Sports

On Dec. 8, 2008 there were just three minority Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) college football coaches. Now there are 16. That was the most positive note in a pretty good 2010 College Sport and Gender Report Card released on March 3 by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports at the University of Central Florida. The report, which used data collected from the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons, said that college sports increased its grade for racial hiring practices from a C+ to a B in the 2010 while maintaining a strong B for gender hiring practices. The combined grade was a B. "There is good news overall, no question about it." said Richard Lapchick, the principal author of the study and director of the institute and an INSIGHT Into Diversity contributer. "The college sports had dipped to a C+ last cycle, but made some obvious progress." Click here to read more.
 
 



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