Athletics

At Knight Commission meeting, sports officials are wondering why -- after NCAA reforms in men's basketball -- presidents and athletics directors haven't taken a stronger role in disciplining unethical coaches.

Boston Globe notes pattern with gifts to Yale and other highly competitive colleges.

A wealthy man bought the fencing coach's house, apparently overpaying significantly. Then the man's son was admitted to Harvard and joined the team. Also, Dartmouth announces new protocols to prevent abuses related to athletic admissions.

To understand how the recent scam departed from conventional procedures for monitoring the role of athletics in admissions, it's worth examining the Ivy League conference, writes John R. Thelin.

In much of higher education, using a slur against a student in a televised event might result in more than just a slap on the wrist. Why is it different if the slur is a way to mock gay people and takes place during March Madness?

Designed to cut through the “alphabet soup” of public university acronyms in Florida, bold new University of South Florida bull logo gets mixed reviews. Many say it reminds them of Merrill Lynch.

Certain ways of framing and covering the scandal are misleading and only reinforce exaggerated or inaccurate views of higher education, argues Margaret Dunning.

How would the NCAA Division I women's basketball tournament look if success in the classroom mattered more than talent on the court? Here's the annual Academic Performance Tournament.