Date
of Release: August 27, 2008 (Press Release)
2008 NFL
Racial and Gender Report Card
Richard Lapchick, author of the study, said, “The NFL has continued a good record for racial hiring practices under Commissioner Goodell. Of course, the biggest breakthroughs have been the fact that two African-American head coaches faced each other in the 2007 Super Bowl for the first time and an African-American general manager helped lead his team to a win in the 2008 Super Bowl. The Report shows sustained progress in the key positions of head coach, general manager and assistant coach where the NFL reached all-time highs.”
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of Release: August 20, 2008
St. John's University Press Release
Seven St. John's Vincentian Mission Certificate Participants Lend a Hand to Habitat
A team of seven members of St. John’s University’s Vincentian Mission Certificate (VMC) program recently traveled to New Orleans to aid in the ongoing efforts to rebuild the city. Through New Orleans’ Habitat for Humanity, the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) and Hope for Stanley Foundation, the group volunteered their services to build new homes and restore damaged recreational facilities in the local community.
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of Release: June 29, 2008 (Press Release)
2008 WNBA
Racial and Gender Report Card
The WNBA received an A+ for gender and an A+ for race for a record combined grade for race and gender of an A+ in the 2008 WNBA Racial and Gender Report Card. This was the highest combined grade for any sport in the history of the Racial and Gender Report Card.
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Date
of Release: June 26, 2008 (Press Release)
2008 APSE
Racial and Gender Report Card
Following a first of its kind report in 2006, the 2008 Racial and Gender Report Card of the Associated Press Sports Editors, covering more than 378 Associated Press websites and newspapers (up from 300 APSE members in 2006), was released today at the APSE Annual Conference in Minneapolis. It measures changes from the set of baseline data for the industry established in the 2006 Report.
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Date
of Release: May 29, 2008 (Press Release)
2008 NBA
Racial and Gender Report Card
Richard Lapchick, author of the study, said, “The NBA has had the top grade among the men’s leagues for race for all 15 previous reports over nearly two decades. Based on the total points used in the weighted scales, the NBA earned its highest grade ever for gender at 84.5, tied its highest grade ever for race with 96.2 and had the first ever A (90.3) for a combined grade for race and gender in men’s pro sports. In the 2006-07 Racial and Gender Report Card, the NBA had an A+ for race and a B for gender, which combined to give the league an overall grade of B+.”
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of Release: May 2, 2008 (Press Release)
Full 2006-07
Racial and Gender Report Card
This is the 15th issue of the Racial and Gender Report Card (RGRC), which is the definitive assessment of hiring practices of women and people of color in most of the leading professional and amateur sports and sporting organizations in the United Sates. The report considers the composition – assessed by racial and gender makeup – of players, coaches and front office/athletic department employees in our country’s leading sports organizations, including the National Basketball Association (NBA), National Football League (NFL), Major League Baseball (MLB), Major League Soccer (MLS) and Women’s National Basketball Association (WNBA), as well as in collegiate athletics departments.
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of Release: May 2, 2008 (Press Release)
2006-07
College Sport Racial and Gender Report Card
The NCAA did not release a new NCAA Student-athlete Ethnicity Report, the Race and Gender Demographics of NCAA Member Conferences Personnel Report, or the Race and Gender Demographics of NCAA Member Institutions Athletic Personnel for 2006 or 2007. In previous years, these reports were used to examine the racial and gender demographics of NCAA student-athletes, head and assistant coaches, athletics directors, associate and assistant athletics directors, senior woman administrators, academic advisors, compliance coordinators and managers for business development, fund-raising, facilities, marketing, ticket sales and media relations, and an array of assistants and support staff. With the lack of such reporting methods, The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) was unable to issue College Sport a grade for 2006-07.
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of Release: April 15, 2008 (Press Release)
2008
MLB Racial and Gender Report Card
Commissioner Bud Selig has again led Major League Baseball to improvements on the issue of racial and gender hiring practices, especially in the areas under his direct influence. Baseball received its first A- for race in the history of the Racial and Gender Report Card....Baseball did not fare as well for gender, but did get 76 points for a C+. This gave MLB its best ever combined grade of 83 points for a solid B...
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of Release: April 4, 2008 (Press Release)
2008
Giant Steps Awards Announced
The 21st celebration of National STUDENT-Athlete Day takes place April 6, 2008. This landmark day, created by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS), honors college and high schools student-athletes nationwide who have achieved excellence in academics and athletics, while making significant contributions to their schools and communities. All honorees have achieved at least a 3.0 GPA or above and must be involved in outreach programs.
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of Release: March 26, 2008 (Press Release)
2008 Grad.
Rate Study of Div. I NCAA Men's and Women's Sweet 16 Tournament Teams
If the Sweet 16 for men’s/women’s basketball teams were based on Graduation Success Rates , then the complete seeding would be...
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of Release: March 18, 2008 (Press Release)
2008
Grad. Rate Study of Div. I NCAA Women's Tournament Teams
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2008 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams,” which compares graduation rates for Division I teams that have been selected for the men’s and women’s brackets of the 2008 NCAA Basketball Tournaments.
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of Release: March 17, 2008 (Press Release)
2008
Grad. Rate Study of Div. I NCAA Men's Tournament Teams
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2008 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams” which is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-bound teams. The study takes a look at Graduation Success Rates (GSR) for the tournament teams as reported by the NCAA. The study also compares the performance in the classroom for African-American and white basketball student-athletes.
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Date
of Release: January 25, 2008 (Press Release)
NCAS Releases Outreach
and Degree Completion Honor Rolls for 2006-07 Academic Year
The National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) today announced the honorees of the Outreach Honor Roll and Degree Completion Honor Roll, both for the 2006-07 academic year. Of the 224 member colleges and universities across the country, 59 members stood out for their outstanding programs and dedication to their student-athletes and college communities.
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Date
of Release: January 23, 2008 (Press Release)
NCAS and Scholar-Baller®
Announce National Academic Momentum Award Winners
The Scholar-Baller® Program, in conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) today announced the winners of the Academic Momentum Award. Forty nominations were received from 23 different colleges and universities across the country. A male and female winner was chosen from eight of the NCAS regions.
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of Release: December 22, 2007 (Press Release)
Goal Completed:
Degree Completion program gives former student-athlete opportunity to
finish degree
With
only one quarter of classes to complete before becoming eligible for
graduation, Mike McCormick, a former forward on the Ohio State men’s
hockey team, was offered and jumped at the chance to play professionally
in Germany.
The
opportunity, presented to a select few collegiate athletes, allowed
McCormick to follow his career aspirations. Yet, the native of Ontario,
Canada, still regretted not having time to finish his undergraduate
degree.
That is why when McCormick walked across the stage in St. John Arena
at commencement Dec. 9, a weight was lifted off his shoulders as he
finally closed a chapter of his life.
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of Release: December 3, 2007 (Press Release)
Keeping
Score When It Counts:
Assessing the 2007-08 Bowl-bound College Football Teams-Academic Performance
Improves but Race Still Matters
Overall academic progress continued while the gap between white and African-American football student-athletes increased slightly for the 64 Division I-A football teams playing in this year’s college football bowl games according to a study released today by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University of Central Florida.
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of Release: November 15, 2007 (Press Release)
2006 Racial and
Gender Report Card - Major League Soccer
MLS earned a solid A (93.3) for racial hiring after getting A’s in the categories of MLS League Office, CEO/team presidents, professional administration, assistant coaches and players. This was the second best grade in professional sport following the NBA.
In 2004, The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) reported that Major League Soccer had gone from the industry’s first-ever F for gender in 2003 to score a B for gender in 2004. Two years later, the gender grade has dropped to a D+ with no category used to measure gender being above a D+. At a weighted grade of 64.6, MLS had the lowest grade for gender in professional sport whereas in 2004 MLS was tied with the NBA for gender as the best among the men’s professional leagues. MLS received an A+ for diversity initiatives in both categories.
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of Release: October 24, 2007 (Press Release)
The Buck Stops Here:
Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders
for Division IA Schools in 2007-08
As the 2007 regular season of college football passes the halfway point, the controversy over having only six African-American Division IA head football coaches continues to make headlines. While this was an improvement over the five African-American head coaches during the 2006 season, it is still far behind other college and professional sports. At the end of the 2006 season, an African-American and a Latino (Randy Shannon and Mario Cristobal) were hired as head coaches at the University of Miami (Florida) and Florida International University respectively. In the case of FIU, it marked the first time that a school had a Latino president, athletics director and head football coach.
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Date
of Release: October 11, 2007 (Press Release)
NCAS and Big 5 Lend a Helping
Hand to Cobb's Creek Park
The NCAS Mid-Atlantic Regional Office sponsored a “Community Service
Day.”
Over 100 student-athletes from Big 5 institutions participated on September
30th at Cobb’s Creek Park in West Philadelphia.
On this particular day, team colors did not matter as student-athletes worked side-by-side throughout the event. The student-athletes spent the day clearing trails, weeding, and cutting back overgrown tree limbs and shrubs. Cobb’s Creek is a part of Philadelphia’s Fairmount Park system.
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Date
of Release: October 11, 2007 (Press Release)
NCAS and Big 5 Sponsor
MVP Program
The Mid-Atlantic Regional Office of the National Consortium for Academics and Sports (NCAS) recently partnered with the Philadelphia Big 5 to sponsor the Mentors in Violence Prevention (MVP) training program for student-athletes from all the Big 5 institutions.
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Date
of Release: September 26, 2007 (Press Release)
2006 Racial and
Gender Report Card-National Football League
The National Football League recorded continued progress on racial hiring practices in the 2006 NFL Racial and Gender Report Card.
The NFL improved its record for both race and gender, raising its grade for race to a solid B+ approaching an A- with a score of 88.6 points out of 100. The Institute did not issue a grade for gender in this report card for reasons explained below. In the last Report Card the NFL received a B+ for race and we did not issue a grade for gender. The NFL’s last gender grade was a D+ in the 2004 Report Card.
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of Release: July 31, 2007 (Press Release)
2006
Racial and Gender Report Card-Women's National Basketball Association
The 2006 Racial and Gender Report Card for the Women’s National Basketball Association showed once again that the WNBA was the best among pro sports leagues for both race and gender. The Report Card asks, “Are we playing fair when it comes to sports? Does everyone, regardless of race or gender, have a chance to score a basket and run the team?” The answer for the WNBA is a resounding “yes.”
At the mid-point of its 11th season, the WNBA once again got an A for race but slipped to a B+ for gender while maintaining an A as a combined grade. In the 2001, 2004 and 2005 Racial and Gender Report Cards it had received A’s in all three. No other professional sports league has achieved that even once.
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of Release: May 9, 2007 (Press Release)
2006 Racial
and Gender Report Card-National Basketball Association
The Racial and Gender Report Card for the National Basketball Association for the 2006-07 season showed that the NBA remains the industry leader on issues related to race and gender hiring practices.
The
NBA has had the top grade among the men’s leagues for race for
all 14 previous reports over nearly two decades. Based on the total
points used in the weighted scales, the NBA earned its highest grade
ever for race and its highest combined grade for race and gender ever
with an A+ for race and a B for gender for a combined A-. This is the
first time in the history of the Racial and Gender Report Card that
any men’s league achieved a combined A-. The NBA showed dramatic
improvement in almost all areas for race in both the league office and
at the team levels.
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Date
of Release: April 24, 2007 (Press Release)
First Eddie Robinson Leadership
Award Recipients Announced
In honor of the life of Eddie Robinson, the Board of the National Consortium
for Academics and Sports (NCAS) is announcing an award to honor his
legacy. The Eddie Robinson Leadership Award will be presented to someone
in the world of sport who exemplifies the courage to always stand up
for justice for the people they lead. It could be for a coach, player,
athletic administrator or someone who came from the world of sport and
now does great things in society.
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of Release: March 29, 2007 (Press Release)
2006 Racial
and Gender Report Card-Major League Baseball
Sixty years ago Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s
color barrier in sport and America changed forever as a result. The
Racial and Gender Report Card asks, ‘Are we playing fair when
it comes to sports? Does everyone, regardless of race or gender, have
a chance at bat or to operate a team?’
In the 60th anniversary year, a new milestone was achieved with the
release of the 2006 Major League Baseball Racial and Gender Report Card.
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Date
of Release: March 14, 2007 (Press Release)
Academic
Progress/Graduation Success Rate Study of Division I NCAA Women’s
Basketball Tournament Teams
The
University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics
in Sport released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts:
Graduation Rates for 2007 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division
I Basketball Tournament Teams,” which compares academic progress
rates and graduation success rates for Division I teams that have been
selected for the men’s and women’s brackets of the 2007
NCAA Basketball Tournaments. The author of the study is Dr. Richard
Lapchick, who is director of the Institute and of the DeVos Sport Business
Management Graduate Program at UCF. The study was co-authored this year
by Marina Bustamante.
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Date
of Release: March 12, 2007 (Press Release)
Academic
Progress/Graduation Success Rate Study of Division I NCAA Men’s
Basketball Tournament Teams
The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, at the University of Central
Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts:
Graduation Rates for 2007 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams” which is a comprehensive analysis of the graduation rates
of NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-bound team. The study takes
a look at Federal Graduation Rates (FGR), Graduation Success Rates (GSR),
and the Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the tournament teams, as reported
by the NCAA. The study compares graduation rates for all student-athletes
to basketball student-athletes as well as African-American basketball
student-athletes to white basketball student-athletes. Dr. Richard Lapchick,
the primary author of the study, is director of the Institute and Eminent
Scholar Chair of the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program
at UCF. The study was co-authored this year by Marina Bustamante.
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of Release: February 21, 2007 (Press Release)
Hope
for Stanley Foundation launched to use sport to help Katrina Survivors:
Students at UCF’s DeVos Program Announce New Program
The
students of the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program, in
conjunction with the National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS)
and the DeVos Program both located at the University of Central Florida,
today announced the launch of the Hope for Stanley Foundation dedicated
to help the survivors of Hurricane Katrina rebuild their homes and lives
in New Orleans. The DeVos students will help organize other sport business
management students across the nation as well as student-athletes from
among the 220 NCAS member colleges and universities. The New Orleans
City Council is helping to facilitate the Hope for Stanley efforts.
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of Release: January 11, 2007 (Press Release)
The
Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders
for Division IA Schools in 2007
With
the recently concluded football bowl games, The Institute for Diversity
of Ethics and Sport (TIDES) has examined the racial and gender demographics
of the 119 Division IA schools. The UCF study, The Buck Stops Here:
Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders for Division
IA Schools in 2007, examines the race and gender of conference
commissioners and campus leaders including college and university presidents,
athletics directors, and faculty athletics representatives for all 119
Division IA institutions. It also includes head football coaches, offensive
and defensive coordinators, and assistant coaches. The study discusses
the effect of having an overwhelmingly white and male leadership on
hiring practice decisions and the effect their decisions have on the
diversity in the athletics department, especially with regard to Division
IA football. The study shows a high level of diversity in the athletics
director’s position.
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of Release: December 20, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - COMPLETE VERSION
The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) at the University
of Central Florida today released the complete and final version of
the 2005 Racial and Gender Report Card. For the second year in a row,
The Institute released the individual sport-by-sport reports and is
now releasing the culmination of the 2005 Report. This final report
contains the first comparative results between the WNBA, NBA, NFL, MLB
and MLS. It also has the full report on college sport. The Report was
authored by Richard Lapchick, the Institute’s Director along with
Danielle Kushner, Jenny Brenden and Stacy Martin.
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Date
of Release: December 13, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - College Sports
Issues of race and gender continue to be a concern for sport in America. Dr. Richard Lapchick, Director of the Institute, credits NCAA President Myles Brand for making this issue a priority. Yet, the Report shows that NCAA member institutions continued to struggle with their record for gender hiring practices. When all categories were combined, College Sport received a B- for race and a B for gender giving it a combined B overall. That compared to the 2004 Racial and Gender Report Card when college sport earned a B- for race and B+ for gender. “The Report shows that in terms of expanding opportunities in sport for women and people of color, the greatest prospects exist in college sport rather than at the professional sport level.”
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of Release: December 4, 2006 (Press Release)
Keeping Score When It Counts:
Assessing the 2006-07 Bowl-bound College Football Teams
Fifty-five (85.9) of the 64 Division I-A football teams playing in this year’s college football bowl games graduated more than 50 percent of their student-athletes and 40 schools (62.5 percent) received a score of 925 or more on the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) reported on February 27, 2006. The gap between the graduation rates of white and African-American student-athletes remains a concern. These findings were reported in a study released today by The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
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of Release: October 5, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - MLS
In 2004, the Institute for Diversity and Ethics
in Sport reported that Major League Soccer had gone from the industry’s
first-ever F for gender in 2003 to score a B for gender in 2004. This
tied the NBA for gender as the best among the men’s professional
leagues.
Because of the sheer quantity of data that must be collected from 118
teams across five professional sports leagues, the Racial and Gender
Report Card is typically issued a year after the data it references.
After the MLS received the F in 2003, MLS leadership sought the Institute’s
advice as to what they could do to improve and never fail again.
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Date
of Release: August 17, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - NFL
Below is the Racial and Gender Report Card for the National Football Leatue. Issues of race and gender continue to be a concern for sport in America. Yet, the Report shows the significant progress made in the NFL regarding race. Dr. Richard Lapchick, Director of the Institute, credits NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue for making this issue a priority. “The Report shows the significant progress made in the NFL, especially in the key positions of head coach, general manager and assistant coach where the NFL reached all-time highs. This has been a priority issue for NFL Commissioner Paul Tagliabue and the results will be part of his legacy as he steps down as NFL Commissioner. The grade of B+ for race was the highest ever achieved by the NFL. There was no grade issued for gender due to insufficient data. Although the NFL’s record for gender has been improving slightly, overall it remains poor. Nonetheless, the big story in this report is the marked improvement for race.”
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of Release: July 20, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - WNBA
Below is the Racial and Gender Report Card for the Women's National Basketball Association. Issues of race and gender continue to be a concern for sport in America. Yet, Dr. Richard Lapchick, Director of the Institute, noted "for the third year, the WNBA received an A for race, gender and the combined overall grade; something no other professional sports league has accomplished in the history of the Report Card. The WNBA is consistently the best in pro sports with regard to diversity hiring practices."
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of Release: June 22, 2006 (Press Release)
Associated Press Sports Editors Racial and Gender Report Card
2006
Is the coverage of athletes and sports in the media fair and accurate when women and people of color are the subjects of the reporting? Are women and people of color fairly represented on today’s newspaper sports department staffs? How would a more diverse staff of sports editors, columnists, and reporters affect what is commonly written about in our newspapers?
The first of its kind 2006 Racial and Gender Report Card of the Associated Press Sports Editors, covering more than 300 Associated Press newspapers, establishes a set of baseline data for the industry.
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of Release: June 7, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - NBA
Below is the 2005 Racial and Gender Report Card for the National Basketball Association. Issues of race and gender continue to be a concern for sport in America, yet the NBA has had the top grade among the men’s leagues for race for all 12 previous reports over nearly two decades. This Report Card shows that the NBA continues to make progress and be among the industry's best when it comes to racial and gender hiring practices.
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Date
of Release: May 26, 2006 (Press Release)
State Farm®, Mets To Hold Hurricane Awareness Kick-Off Saturday
St. Lucie, Fla. – State Farm Insurance is partnering with the St. Lucie Mets, the Boys & Girls Clubs of St Lucie County, and the YMCA of the Treasure Coast, to hold a Hurricane Awareness Kick-Off Event during the Mets game this Saturday, May 27, 2006. During the game, State Farm associates, Mets players, and the children of the Boys and Girls Club and YMCA, will join in a collaborative community outreach effort to share hurricane preparation tips with fans. Hurricane preparation displays will be set up and informational brochures handed out to those in attendance.
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of Release: May 17, 2006 (Press Release)
State Farm®, Mets Partner To Promote Hurricane Prep
St. Lucie, Fla. – In a first of its kind community outreach and mentoring project, State Farm Insurance is partnering with the St. Lucie Mets, the Boys & Girls Clubs of St Lucie County, and the YMCA of the Treasure Coast, to promote hurricane preparedness and emergency planning...The project – supported and enhanced by the National Consortium for Academics and Sports and Drexel University – will serve as a strong community outreach program to spread the word about the importance of hurricane preparation. The program will reach out into the community with an exciting Hurricane Awareness Kick-Off event at the Mets game slated for Saturday, May 27, 2006. During the game, State Farm associates, Mets players, and the children will join in a collaborative community outreach effort to share hurricane preparation tips with fans. Hurricane preparation displays will be set up and informational brochures handed out to those in attendance.
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of Release: April 20, 2006 (Press Release)
Racial and Gender Report Card - MLB
Using data from the 2005 season, the MLB Report includes an analysis of the racial breakdown of the players, coaches and general managers. In addition, the Report includes a racial and gender breakdown of the management in the League Office and at the team level for team management including CEO, team vice-presidents, senior administration, professional administration, physicians and trainers. It is updated through April 16, 2006 for owners, head coaches, team presidents and general managers. MLB will be followed by reports on the NBA, college sport, Major League Soccer, the National Football League, the WNBA and the National Hockey League.
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of Release: April 6, 2006 (Press Release)
Significant Progress for African-American Students
There has been dramatic progress in the graduation rates of African-American student-athletes on college campuses since graduation rates were first compiled. These results were reported in a new study released today by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida entitled Significant Progress for African-American Students. It was released on National Student-Athlete Day, a day when the positive achievements of student-athletes are celebrated.
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of Release: March 15, 2006 (Press Release)
Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2006 NCAA
Women’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams
The
University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics
in Sport released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts:
Graduation Rates for 2006 NCAA Men’s and Women’s Division
I Basketball Tournament Teams,” which compares academic progress
rates and graduation rates for Division I teams that have been selected
for the men’s and women’s brackets of the 2006 NCAA Basketball
Tournaments. The author of the study is Dr. Richard Lapchick, who is
director of the Institute and of the DeVos Sport Business Management
Graduate Program at UCF. The study was co-authored this year by Ryan
Vandament.
The
study examines the Graduation Success Rates (GSR) and the Academic Progress
Rates (APR) for the tournament teams. The study compares the academic
performance of male and female basketball student-athletes and of African-American
and white basketball student-athletes. The study on the men’s
tournament teams was released on March 12th.
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of Release: March 12, 2006 (Press Release)
Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2006 NCAA
Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament Teams
The
Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, at the University of Central
Florida released its annual study, “Keeping Score When It Counts:
Graduation Rates for 2006 NCAA Men’s Division I Basketball Tournament
Teams” which is the most comprehensive analysis to date of the
NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament-bound teams. The study takes
a look at Federal Graduation Rates (FGRs), Graduation Success Rates
(GSR), and the Academic Progress Rates (APR) for the tournament teams,
as reported by the NCAA during the past two months. The study also compares
the performance in the classroom for African-American and white basketball
student-athletes.
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of Release: January 25, 2006 (Press Release)
The
Buck Stops Here: Assessing Diversity among Campus and Conference Leaders
for Division IA Schools in 2006
The
controversy over the number of African-American Division IA head football
coaches made headlines throughout the 2005 college season which was
played with only three African-American head coaches. That was the smallest
number of African-American head coaches since the early 1990s. After
the season ended, African-Americans were hired as head coaches at Kansas
State and SUNY Buffalo, marking the first time since 2000 that two African-Americans
have been hired in one year. More...
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Date
of Release: January 25, 2006 (Press Release)
DeVos
Family Gives $6.5 million to UCF
The National Consortium for Academics and Sport (NCAS) and the DeVos Sport Business Management Program at the University of Central Florida today announced a gift of $6.5 million from the Richard and Helen DeVos Foundation.
Dr.
Richard Lapchick, director of the DeVos Program and president of the
consortium, announced the gift with Rich DeVos, chairman of the Orlando
Magic. The gift included support for an endowment with $5 million from
the DeVos Foundation that, when combined with an anticipated matching
gift from the state of Florida, will create a $10 million endowment
for the NCAS. An additional $1.5 million gift provides operating support
for the NCAS over three years. More...
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Date
of Release: December 5, 2005 (Press Release)
APR
Rates and Graduation Rates for 2005 06 Bowl-Bound Teams
Of
the 56 Division I-A football teams selected to participate in the upcoming
bowl games, 23 teams or 41 percent of the total did not receive a score
of more than 925 on the NCAA’s Academic Progress Rate (APR) reported
on August 22, 2005, according to a study released today by the Institute
for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central Florida.
In also examining graduation rates for the same teams, 27 schools or
49 percent did not have a 50 percent graduation rate for their football
teams. The NCAA created the APR in 2004. It was an integral piece of
the extensive academic reform package developed to more accurately measure
student-athletes’ success in the classroom and increase the graduation
rates at member institutions. More...
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Date
of Release: June 2, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: College Sports only
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card for College Sport showed that NCAA
member institutions improved their record for gender hiring practices
but lost ground on hiring practices by race. When all categories were
combined, College Sport received a B- for race and a B+ for gender.
That compared to the 2003 Racial and Gender Report Card when college
sport earned a B for both race and gender. More...
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Date
of Release: May 24, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Football League only
The NFL improved for both race and gender. It earned a B for race, an improvement over the 2003 grade of B-. The NFL improved from a D- to a D+ for gender, which gave it a combined C, up from the 2003 grade of C-.
The
NFLPA sustained its A+ for race and gender, earning the highest grade
among the professional players associations reviewed.
More...
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Date
of Release: May 19, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: Women's National Basketball Association
only
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card for the Women’s National Basketball
Association showed that the WNBA was at the top of the game among pro
sports leagues for both race and gender. The Report Card asks, “Are
we playing fair when it comes to sports? Does everyone, regardless of
race or gender, have a chance to make and run the team?” More...
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Date
of Release: May 4, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: National Basketball Association
only
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card for the National Basketball Association
showed that the NBA continued to be the industry leader on issues related
to race and gender hiring practices. The Report Card asks, "Are
we playing fair when it comes to sports? Does everyone, regardless of
race or gender, have a chance to make and run the team?" More...
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Date
of Release: April 11, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Soccer only
This
is the second release of the 2004 Racial and Gender Report Card. We
decided to do it sport-by-sport this year and started with Major League
Baseball. Major League Soccer will be followed by the NBA, the NFL,
the colleges and the NHL. Download
pdf.
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Date
of Release: April 6, 2005 (Press Release)
The
2004 Racial and Gender Report Card: Major League Baseball only
This
is the beginning of the release of the 2004 Racial and Gender Report
Card. We decided to do it sport-by-sport this year and started with
Major League Baseball. Major League Soccer will be next followed by
the NBA, the NFL, the colleges and the NHL. Download
pdf.
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Date
of Release: March 15, 2005 (Press Release)
UCF/Lapchick
Study of Division I NCAA Basketball Tournament Team Graduation Rates
Reveal Ongoing Problems, Particularly for African-American Basketball
Players
by the Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport
Women’s Teams Overall Graduate More Players than Men’s
Teams
Orlando,
FL… March 15, 2005 - The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in
Sport at the University of Central Florida today released a study, “Keeping
Score When It Counts: Graduation Rates for 2005 NCAA Division I Men’s
and Women’s Basketball Tournament Teams,” which reports
graduation rates for Division I teams that have been selected for the
men’s and women’s brackets of the 2005 NCAA Basketball Tournament.
The author of the study is Dr. Richard Lapchick, who is director of
the Institute and of the DeVos Sport Business Management Graduate Program
at UCF.
Graduation
rates were analyzed for the 65 men’s and 64 women’s college
and university teams that start play in the tournament later this week.
The study compares graduation rates for all student-athletes to basketball
student-athletes in general and African-American basketball student-athletes
in particular. Some of the results were certainly disturbing.
Lapchick
said, “When you look at the overall graduation rates for the men’s
teams, 43 of them would not be eligible for the tournament if a simple
50 percent minimum graduation rate for overall basketball student-athletes
was in place on Selection Sunday. For the women’s bracket, only
eight teams would have been ineligible if the same standard was applied
to them.” More...
Men's
Graduation Rates Table
Women's
Graduation Rates Table
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Release
Date: February 21, 2005
Contact: Jay Porcher, 407.895.1600
Orlando
Magic Owner Rich DeVos to be Inducted into NCAS Hall of Fame
Dinner Program
Also Honors NFL’s Priest Holmes, UT Coach Beverly Kearney and
Student-athletes; Spike Lee to Present Posthumous Tribute to Sports
Journalist Ralph Wiley
Orlando, FL… February 18, 2005 – In the world of sport, we commonly hear about people whose athletic abilities set them apart. This same world includes people whose generosity, goodwill and courage changes our world and inspires others around them. These are the people who will be honored Monday evening, February 21, 2005, at the National Consortium for Academics and Sports 2004 Giant Steps Awards Banquet and Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony. More...
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Release
Date: April 6, 2004
Contact: Suzi Katz, Director,
NCAS Southeast Region
407.823.3555
National
Consortium for Academics and Sports Announces the Winners of the Giant
Steps Awards in Honor of National STUDENT-Athlete Day
The National Consortium for Academics and Sports is proud to announce
the 2004 Giant Steps Award Winners in honor of National STUDENT-Athlete
Day. The 2004 honorees include Civic Leaders Priest Holmes, Kansas
City Chiefs and Dionte Hall, Largo High School, St. Petersburg, FL;
Courageous Student-Athletes Justin Allen, Arizona State University,
and Samantha Eyman, Saint Xavier University and Coach Beverly Kearney,
University of Texas. More...
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Release
Date: March 23, 2004
Contact: Jay Porcher, APR
407.895.1600
UCF
Study Looks at Diversity in Campus Leadership, Graduation Rates for Men's
2004 Sweet 16 College Teams; Few Women, People of Color in Key Decision-making
Roles;
Graduation Rates More Difficult to Interpret
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport at the University of Central
Florida today released a study, "Keeping Score When It Counts: Graduation
Rates and Diversity in Campus Leadership for 2004 Men's Sweet 16 Teams."
The report examines graduation rates and the gender and racial breakdown
of campus leaders for teams that have reached the Sweet 16 round of the
NCAA Men's basketball tournament. The study was authored by Dr. Richard
Lapchick, who is director of the Institute and of the DeVos Sport Business
Management Graduate Program at the University of Central Florida. More...
Diversity Among Key Campus
Leaders
Graduation
Rates, Transfers and Racial Breakdown of Roster Players
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