Showing posts with label National Collegiate Athletic Association. Show all posts
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Thursday, April 28, 2011

13 Shocking Stats That Show How NCAA Schools Are Failing At Diversity

Lack of diversity has plagued college sports for decades, and last year was no different. Minorities are well-represented on the field, but the top leadership tiers of the NCAA and its schools remained outrageously skewed toward white males.

The Institute of Diversity and Ethics in Sport under Dr. Richard Lapchick at the University of Central Florida releases studies annually about the nation's major sports leagues, including college sports.

Two of its college studies are its College Bowl Study and Division I Campus Leadership Study, which focus on the level of diversity in positions of power throughout the NCAA.

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The TIDES study excludes Division-I's SWAC and MEAC, which are conferences made of up official "Historically Black Colleges and Universities" founded before 1964, but "predominantly black" institutions are included.

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