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Athletic Departments Are Becoming Startups
New business entities test university control, transparency, and financial discipline. When the University of Kentucky (UK) approved a new business structure for athletics in April 2025, the promise was greater flexibility: more…
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Who Are You Without the Jersey? Colleges Are Preparing Athletes for Life After Sports
For years, the schedule is practically written for them. Wake up, train, attend class, practice, compete, recover, and repeat. Somewhere between early-morning workouts and weekend road trips, college student-athletes build friendships, routines,…
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The NCAA Made Mental Health Support Mandatory. Coaches Are Becoming the First Line of Defense
A rule in place since 2019 sets baseline expectations for every NCAA member college. Now the association is training coaches to spot problems before they become crises. For much of its history,…
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Colleges Can Now Pay Athletes Directly. Nothing Says How the Money Must Be Split.
For most of its history, the NCAA barred colleges from paying athletes anything beyond scholarships. Since July 1, 2025, however, Division I colleges that opted into the House v. NCAA settlement can…
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A New Regulator Is Reshaping How College Athletes Get Paid. Much of Its Power Is Still Untested.
The College Sports Commission, created through a landmark antitrust settlement, now oversees student-athlete pay at Division I colleges. Here’s what campus leaders should know. For decades, NCAA rules barred college athletes from…
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A Senate Bill Would Rewrite College Sports’ Rules, and Reach Well Beyond the Athletic Department
The Protect College Sports Act would legislate student-athlete pay, transfers between schools, and eligibility to play into federal law. It would also add new academic, medical, and reporting obligations for colleges. For…
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The Transfer Portal: A Threat to Student-Athlete Mentoring
At the time of this writing, Nijel Pack is a student-athlete at the University of Oklahoma, concluding his sixth season of collegiate basketball eligibility. An elite shooting guard, Pack transferred to Oklahoma…
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The Adaptive Athletics Gap
Adaptive Student Athletes Require More Support When Stanford University sprinter Sydney Barta sustained a stress fracture in 2024, the injury itself was not unusual. Those types of breaks are common among runners.…
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Locked Out: Undocumented Students and the Fight Over Public Higher Ed
Florida is closing its public colleges and universities to students who cannot prove they are in the country legally, while the Trump administration is suing the states that continue to accept these…
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Higher Ed on the Ballot: What the Midterm Results Mean for Colleges
Heading into the Nov. 3 midterm election, Republicans controlled the White House and both chambers of Congress, and all 435 House seats and 35 Senate seats were on the ballot. Democrats won…
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Let’s Be Curious, Not Judgmental: Fostering Constructive Campus Dialogue
Have you ever wanted to ask someone about their background, identity, or beliefs based on what you see, but hesitated? Navigating these interactions with curiosity rather than judgment is crucial for building…
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The Campus Sports Lab
When a Denison University athlete’s readiness score shifts from green to yellow or red, a coach can see the change almost immediately. That signal may lead to a conversation about training, sleep,…
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The $100,000 Threshold: More Colleges Cross It Than Ever Before
Sixteen colleges and universities now charge more than $100,000 a year for tuition, housing, books, and fees combined—an eightfold jump from just two a year earlier, according to The Princeton Review in…
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Temple’s Largest-Ever Gift Unravels After Donor Faces Fraud Probe
Temple University has terminated a $55 million gift—the largest in the school’s history—after the donor’s company came under federal investigation, President John Fry announced in a letter to the campus community. The…
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Bakersfield College Settlement Sets Limits on Mandatory DEI Teaching Requirements
A settlement reached this July between Bakersfield College and history professor Daymon Johnson is drawing new legal parameters around how far colleges can go in requiring faculty to teach through a diversity,…
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