Academics
February 2010
CUPA-HR survey: Flat Salaries    The median raise for senior administrators at colleges and universities for 2009-10 is no raise at all: zero percent.   survey by College and University Professional Association for Human Resources, 2-23-10
 
January 2010
Getting what you paid for?    Educational opportunities cost more and are harder to hold onto than ever before, especially in California. New York Times, 1-23-10
 
Fed Heavy Weighs In     Clips Eyewitness Report   Arne Duncan is the US Education Secretary, and he’s no sissy—he co-captained his Harvard basketball team (scored 20 against Duke once) and played in an Australian professional league from 1987 until 1991. At the NCAA convention he zinged both the NCAA and the NBA over the so-called one-and-done rule.   USA Today, 1-14-10
 
NCAA Debates New Rules  The NCAA Convention takes place this week in Atlanta, and the legislative bodies of D1-2-3 will consider a broad slate of proposals. By David Moltz, Inside Higher Ed, 1-11-10
 
A very long time without   Northwestern University, famous for academics and an occasional good football team, has never been to the Big Dance. SI.com 1-11-10
 
December 2009
CCAP: D1-A Athletic/Instruction Expenditures   The Center for College Affordability and Productivity has taken a new approach to calculate the ratio between total athletic and instructional expenditures for D1-A institutions.   CCAP website, Dec. 2009
 
’09-’10 Bowl Coaches Lifetime APRs   From the Center for Research on Sport in Society comes APR rankings by coach (not by school) for this year’s bowl teams. CRSIS, 12-22-09
 
Alabama Shows Complete Lack of Class   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author weighs in on the decision by the University of Alabama to shut down classes from Jan.6-8 for the BCS Title Game.   By Clay Travis, Fanhouse, 12-10-09
 
Keeping Score When It Counts   For bowl-bound college football teams, academic performance improves but race still matters. The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida, 12-7-09
 
November 2009
“The Blind Side”   CLIPS MOVIE REVIEW    The Clips Truth Squad took in "The Blind Side" on Sunday, and we can report that a movie can be superb with no nudity, no violence and no chase scenes.   Nick Infante, Clips Editor, 11-30-09
 
GSR is A-OK   The NCAA says that the latest federal graduation rates show that athletes in the biggest college-sports programs continue to graduate at rates higher than those of their non-athlete peers.   NCAA News, 11-18-09
 
Open Doors report: more foreign students than ever before   The annual report from the Institute of International Education revealed that foreign student numbers increased 8% and new enrollments were up by 16%.   IIE, 11-16-09
 
Trouble in Paradise    Pay differences between a have (Hawai’i football coach) and have-nots (Hawai’i faculty), plus a 3-6 team, have led to squabbling and bitterness.   Honolulu Advertiser, 11-14-09
 
3rd Annual NCAA Colloquium is Jan. 12-13    With perhaps its “most provocative lineup to date,” and focusing on the timeliest of all topics (economic issues), the colloquium will be held in conjunction with the NCAA Convention in Atlanta.   NCAA News, 11-5-09
 
October 2009
Bad Time for Sports Overspending    Facing furloughs and decimation of academic budgets, Berkeley faculty are dismayed to learn of university loans to fill multimillion-dollar deficits in athletics department -- on top of annual subsidies.  Doug Lederman, Inside Higher Ed, 10-30-09
 
Hold that line? For 80 years, universities haven't   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author, a professor of public policy, economics and law at Duke University, comments on the dichotomy between the academic mission of universities and the commercial activities of big-time college football.   Charles Clotfelter, Raleigh News & Observer, 10-22-09
 
Florida State document release a yawner   It has been long fought over, it is 695 pages long, it is double-spaced, it is available in pdf format only and it seems to have been much ado about not a lot.It   Fanhouse.com, 10-16-09
 
Stop Early Offers to Children   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author, a long-term Clips subscriber, forwards a deliberate, reasoned proposal to stop the madness of college coaches chasing child athletes.   Pat Dobel, University of Washington FAR, 10-14-09
 
Back-to-school for NBA players   Who are those lanky millionaires in their 20s in college classrooms these days?   New York Times, 10-6-09
 
US share of global college enrollment diminishes   In 1970, 29% of the world's college students were enrolled in the US. By 2006, the US enrolled only 12% of the world's students. What’s going on here?   Inside Higher Ed, 10-5-09
 
September 2009
 
The Daily Beast has selected “America’s 10 Hottest Classes”    U-Michigan Professor John Bacon’s “History of College Athletics” is solidly and emphatically on the list.   The Daily Beast, 9-8-09
 
June 2009
At OU, athletics and academics can work together very nicely   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author expounds on the noteworthy largesse of the Oklahoma athletic department.   Dave Sittler, Tulsa World, 6-25-09
 
A few ways to deal with the square pegs of academia   Clips Guest Commentary   Our guest author proffers an unusual remedy for academic fraud at big-time sports universities.   Eldon Ham, SportsBusiness Journal, 6-15-09
 
Ivy League: torn between academics and athletics competitiveness   Under the direction of a new executive director, change is needed to bring back the competitive edge of sports.   Wall Street Journal, 5-29-09
 
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