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New Study Debunks Link Among Winning College Athletic Programs and Increases in Donations and Quality of Applicants

Study Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding PolicyStudy Commissioned by the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Has Broad Implications for Funding Policy MIAMI, FLORIDA — Success in big-time athletics has little if any effect on a college’s alumni donations or on the academic quality of its…

Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Calls for Clearer Model of Division I-A Football Governance

Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Calls for Clearer Model of Division I-A Football Governance   Notre Dame Football Coach Tyrone Willingham and Former Texas A&M Coach R.C. Slocum Offer their Testimony WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics today welcomed recent efforts to reform the postseason bowl structure and to tighten requirements…

May 2004 – Challenging the Myth: A Review of the Links Among College Athletic Success, Student Quality, and Donations

by Robert H. Frank Henrietta Johnson Louis Professor of Management and Professor of Economics Johnson Graduate School of Management Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 Prepared for the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics May 2004 Download PDF Abstract Do successful college athletic programs stimulate additional applications from prospective students and greater contributions by alumni and…

Trustees’ National Group Advances College Sports Reform Effort

Best practices’ for college and university boards outlined in new guidelines from Association of Governing Boards of Universities and College NEW ORLEANS (March 24, 2004) — The excitement of March Madness should not distract higher education leaders from their responsibility to help the nation’s colleges and universities moderate the glorification of athletic achievement and commercialism…

NCAA President, Coaches, Network Executives Meet With Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

NCAA President, Coaches, Network Executives Meet With Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics Myles Brand, former UNC Coach Dean Smith Offer Testimony   WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met today with NCAA President Myles Brand, television executives, basketball coaches and faculty members as it continued its work seeking reform of college…

Knight Commission Continues Reform Efforts

Meetings Focus on Bowl Championship Series, Television Contracts and Financing of College Sports Nov. 24, 2003 WASHINGTON, D.C. — With reports on the financing of intercollegiate athletics, television contracts and the status of the Bowl Championship Series, a streamlined Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics met here today to resume its seminal work seeking reform…

Media Advisory: Knight Commission to Meet in Washington, D.C. Nov. 24 to Address Ongoing Efforts to Reform College Sports; Commission Introduces New Members

WASHINGTON, D.C. In 2001, a decade after its initial meetings, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics released its groundbreaking A Call to Action detailing key steps needed to reform college athletics. The Commission continues to monitor the intense commercial and professional pressures affecting college sports, serving as a reminder of the higher education role…