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COMMISSION REPORTS

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Keeping Faith with the Student Athlete
The Knight Commission's Groundbreaking Report

A Call to Action
A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education

COMMISSION MEETINGS

Next public meeting: October 27, 2008
National Press Club
Washington, DC

NEWS ABOUT THE MEETING:
June 17, 2008

Summit on the Collegiate Athlete Experience
Jan. 2006

Faculty Summit on Intercollegiate Athletics
Oct. 2007

Prior Knight Commission press releases

PUBLISHED OP-EDS

Miami Herald
Feb. 4, 2007

Indianapolis Star
Apr. 2, 2006

COMMISSIONED RESEARCH AND POLLS

Public Opinion Poll
Dec. 2005

Public Opinion Poll
Jan. 2006

Executive Summary of Faculty Perceptions of Intercollegiate Athletics

Faculty Perceptions of Intercollegiate Athletics (Full Report)
A national survey of more than 2,000 faculty members, released October 9, 2007

WHITE PAPERS

Athletics Recruiting and Academic Values: Enhancing Transparency, Spreading Risk and Improving Practice
University of Georgia Institute for Higher Education

Challenging the Myth
A Review of the Links Among College Athletic Success, Student Quality and Donations by Robert H. Frank

Executive Summary Division I-A Postseason History and Status

Division I-A Postseason History and Status
by John Sandbrook

MEMBERS

Co-Chairs

William English Kirwan
chancellor, University System of Maryland

R. Gerald Turner
president, Southern Methodist University

Chairman Emeritus

Thomas K. Hearn Jr.
president emeritus, Wake Forest University

Members

Val Ackerman
president, USA Basketball

Michael F. Adams
president, University of Georgia

William W. Asbury
Vice President Emeritus for Student Affairs, Pennsylvania State University

Henry S. Bienen
president, Northwestern University

Nick Buoniconti
spokesman, Buoniconti Fund to Cure Paralysis

Hodding Carter III
University Professor of Leadership and Public Policy, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill

Carol A. Cartwright
interim president, Kent State University

Anita L. DeFrantz
president, Amateur Athletic Foundation of Los Angeles

John J. DeGioia
president, Georgetown University

Leonard J. Elmore
ESPN analyst and senior counsel, LeBoeuf, Lamb, Greene & MacRae, LLP

Elson S. Floyd
president, University of Missouri System

Janet Hill
vice president, Alexander & Associates Inc.

Sarah Lowe
Corporate Legal Assistant at the law firm of Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom LLP

Andrea Fischer Newman
senior vice president-government affairs, Northwest Airlines

Jerry I. Porras
professor emeritus, Stanford University

Sonja Steptoe
Client Development Manager at O’Melveny & Myers LLP

Clifton R. Wharton Jr.
former chairman and CEO, TIAA-CREF

Judy Woodruff
broadcast journalist

Charles E. Young
President Emeritus, University of Florida and Chancellor Emeritus, University of California, Los Angeles

Chris Zorich
Chairman of The Christopher Zorich Foundation

Member, Ex-Officio

Alberto Ibargüen
president and CEO, Knight Foundation

Founding Co-Chairs

Rev. Theodore A. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
president emeritus of the University of Notre Dame, founding co-chair, 1989-2003

William C. Friday
president emeritus, University of North Carolina, founding co-chair, 1989-2005

Staff

Amy P. Perko
executive director

A Call to Action: Appendix C: Meeting Participants

A Call to Action: Reconnecting College Sports and Higher Education

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Appendix C: Meeting Participants

August 28, 2000

James Isch
Vice President for Finance and Information Services
NCAA

Kevin Lennon
Vice President for Membership Services
NCAA

Graham Spanier
President
The Pennsylvania State University

October 18, 2000

Percy Bates
Professor of Education
University of Michigan

James Duderstadt
President Emeritus
University of Michigan

Jon Ericson
Professor Emeritus of Rhetoric and Communication Studies
Drake University

John Gerdy
Visiting Professor in Sports Administration
Ohio University

Malcolm Gillis
President
Rice University

Murray Sperber
Professor of English and American Studies Indiana University

Andrew Zimbalist
Professor of Economics
Smith College

November 27-28, 2000

Ruben Boumtje-Boumtje
Basketball Player
Georgetown University

William Bowen
President
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Margaret Bradley-Doppes
Athletic Director
University of North Carolina, Wilmington

James Delany
Commissioner
Big Ten Conference

Carolyn Schlie Femovich
Executive Director
Patriot League

Russ Granik
Vice President
National Basketball Association

Cathy Joens
Basketball Player
George Washington University

Gene Keady
Men's Basketball Coach
Purdue University

Roy Kramer
Commissioner
Southeastern Conference

Jack Lengyel
Athletic Director
U.S. Naval Academy

Jeffrey Orleans
Executive Director
Ivy League

Jeffrey Pash
Executive Vice President and Legal Counsel
National Football League

Renee Portland
Women's Basketball Coach
The Pennsylvania State University

James Shulman
Financial and Administrative Officer
The Andrew W. Mellon Foundation

Grant Teaff
Executive Director
American Football Coaches Association

Joseph Whitt
Football Player
Auburn University

January 22-23, 2001

Michael Aresco
Senior Vice President, Programming
CBS Sports

John Edwards
U.S. Senator
North Carolina

Frank Fahrenkopf Jr.
President and CEO
American Gaming Association

Nils Hasselmo
President
Association of American Universities

Loren Matthews
Senior Vice President, Programming
ABC Sports

Peter McGrath
President
National Association of State University and Land Grant Colleges

Kevin Pendergast
Former Football Player
University of Notre Dame

John Vaccaro
Executive Director of Sports
Adidas

John Walda
Chair, Board of Trustees
Indiana University

John Wildhack
Senior Vice President, Programming
ESPN