Articles
FLEXING FUND-RAISING MUSCLE
Gifts to sports programs now account for more than one-quarter of all contributions to some colleges, cutting into the proportion given for academic purposes.
Jeffrey L. Stinson, a marketing professor at North Dakota State U.: As athletics donations grow, "you do see donors cut back a little on that academic gift because they just don't have the capacity." (Photograph by Mark Anthony)
FACE MONEY
In a potential windfall for sports programs, a proposal before the NCAA would broaden the use of athletes' likenesses in commercial ad campaigns.
MIND GAMES
How can a critic of big-time college sports get so excited come game day? asks Murray Sperber, a professor emeritus of English and American studies at Indiana University at Bloomington.
BAD CALLS
For all their differences, Jim Thorpe and the Duke lacrosse team have something in common. Both are victims of stereotyping, writes Michael Nelson, a professor of political science at Rhodes College.
Sidelines
WHEY COOL: Researchers at the University of Wisconsin at Madison use a byproduct of cheese production to produce a new sports drink for Badger athletes.
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Facts & Figures
The Chronicle's annual report on gender equity in college athletics, including a searchable database
Graduation rates for athletes and other students who entered college in 1988-97
Average salaries of male and female coaches
Issues in Depth
Affirmative Action
Title IX and Intercollegiate Athletics
The Chronicle's 2007-8 Almanac of Higher Education
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