(Name-mce) ListServ ‘B’ Grades for Diversity in College Sports

[Anselmo Villanueva]

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Dec. 14

'B' Grades for Diversity in College Sports

The National Collegiate Athletic Association is, on balance, achieving
both gender and racial diversity on the playing fields of its members
and in its own offices. But white males continue to dominate athletics
director and conference commissioner positions, according to an annual
report on college athletics.

"College sport" as a whole received a 'B-" grade for racial diversity
and a 'B' grade for gender diversity in the 2005 Racial and Gender
Report Card for College Sports, published by the University of Central
Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport. A year ago, the
report's authors gave out B- and B+ grades, respectively, for these
categories.

The report looked at data, primarily from the 2004-5 academic year, to
measure areas of "improvement, stagnation and regression" in the
racial and gender composition of college sports teams, coaching staffs
and athletics departments, among other groups.