Clifton R. Wharton, Jr., Co-Chair, Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics is pleased to jointly sponsor this “presidential conversation” on how to improve integration of student athletes into the college or university. This is a worthy goal, but I see it as only one part of a broader set of…
The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics commends the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the 50 current and former presidents and higher education leaders who served on the NCAA Presidential Task Force on the Future of Division I Intercollegiate Athletics. The report published today by the task force builds on the principles emphasized by the Knight…
WASHINGTON—Following a working meeting here, the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics announced that John J. DeGioia has joined the Commission. President of Georgetown for the past five years, DeGioia has been an administrator and professor at the Washington, D.C., institution since his graduation in 1979. At its meeting, the Knight Commission reviewed a final draft…
Longtime members assume leadership WASHINGTON — The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics named R. Gerald Turner and Clifton R. Wharton Jr. co-chairmen yesterday. Wharton was a member of the Commission at its founding in 1989 and Turner joined in 1991. Both have been leaders in the effort to ensure that college athletics programs are conducted…
The focus of the summit was academic reform through the eyes of students and athletes. What standards should a college adopt to determine when commercialism in funding research or athletics is too much? Is it only dollars that matters in the search for knowledge? Intercollegiate athletics as a subset of academe also has values. The summit also investigated behavioral issues relating to students and athletes.
Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Public Opinion Poll Executive Summary January 2006 Americans are passionate about college sports. They believe athletes ought to be “normal” college students, facing the same standards in admissions and challenges in the classroom, according to a poll conducted last month for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics. Enthusiasm about college…
Kareem McKenzie, Pennsylvania State U. graduate and current player, New York Giants (On the message he tries to give to high school players, particularly regarding steroid use) “It takes hard work. There are shortcuts. Don’t be stupid and don’t put yourself in a situation where you can harm yourself.” “None of that stuff matters now—how…
Knight Commission Summit participants Joanne Belknap, Professor of Sociology and Women’s Studies, University of Colorado Jemalle Cornelius, current student and football player, University of Florida Peter Roby, Director, Center for the Study of Sport in Society, Northeastern University Don McPherson, Executive Director, Sports Leadership Institute, Adelphi University Mike Aguirre, former Arizona State U. student and…
Knight Commission poll results urge NCAA to preserve academic integrity Indianapolis, Ind. — Nearly eight out of ten Americans say an athlete’s college experience should be about academics, not sports, according to a new poll conducted for the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics by Widmeyer Research and Polling of Washington, D.C.[1] While a majority of…
Commission continues its call for financial rewards to be tied to academic performance Graduation rates for many college football teams are still too low, according to members of the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics, and incentives for athletic rather than academic success continue to grow. With the release of the NCAA’s new Graduation Success…