Higher education

FILE - UConn's Paige Bueckers stretches during a practice session for a college basketball game in the final round of the Women's Final Four NCAA tournament April 2, 2022, in Minneapolis. In 2019, California became the first state to pass a law allowing athletes to earn money on endorsements, autograph signings and other activities, and by July 2021, the NCAA lifted its decades-old ban. (AP Photo/Eric Gay, File)

As leaders lobby, NCAA searches for ways to rein in boosters

By Ralph D. Russo May. 05, 2022 06:09 PM EDT

FILE - NCAA President Mark Emmert speaks at the opening business session of the NCAA convention Jan. 19, 2017, in Nashville, Tenn. Emmert is stepping down after 12 years on the job. NCAA Board of Governors Chairman John DeGioia announced the move Tuesday, April 26, 2022, and said it was by mutual agreement. Emmert will continue to serve in his role until a new president is selected and in place or until June 30, 2023. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey, File)

NCAA President Mark Emmert stepping down no later than 2023

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 26, 2022 08:24 PM EDT

FILE - Georgia running back Kenny McIntosh is tackled by Michigan defensive end Mike Morris during the second half of the Orange Bowl NCAA College Football Playoff semifinal game, Friday, Dec. 31, 2021, in Miami Gardens, Fla. In his fourth season, the 6-foot-6, 278-pound Morris will have a lot of chances to make plays from a position that produced NFL prospects Aidan Hutchinson and David Ojabo last year. (AP Photo/Rebecca Blackwell, File)

14 Big Ten players poised to break out in 2022

By Eric Olson Apr. 25, 2022 05:50 PM EDT

John Mitchell speaks at the John Mitchell and Wilbur Jackson Commemorative Plaque Unveiling before Alabama's A-Day NCAA college football scrimmage, Saturday, April 16, 2022, in Tuscaloosa, Ala. (AP Photo/Vasha Hunt)

Alabama honors university's first Black football players

By John Zenor Apr. 16, 2022 04:45 PM EDT

LSU head coach Brian Kelly watches during LSU Pro Day in Baton Rouge, La., Wednesday, April 6, 2022. (AP Photo/Gerald Herbert)

Kelly on leaving Irish for LSU: 'We were on different paths'

By Ralph D. Russo Apr. 07, 2022 05:14 PM EDT

FILE - In this July 17, 2017, file photo, Big 12 commissioner Bob Bowlsby speaks to reporters during the Big 12 NCAA college football media day in Frisco, Texas. Bowlsby said Tuesday, April 5, 2022, that he will step away from his role as Big 12 commissioner later this year after a decade in that job. (AP Photo/LM Otero, File)

Big 12 commish Bowlsby stepping away from role this year

By Stephen Hawkins Apr. 05, 2022 04:55 PM EDT

Baylor, AD Mack Rhoades agree on 10-year contract extension

Apr. 04, 2022 07:12 PM EDT
WACO, Texas (AP) — Baylor announced a 10-year contract extension for athletic director Mack Rhoades on Monday, saying the deal would allow him to “complete his...

The Delaware NCAA college men's basketball team practices at PPG Paints Arena in Pittsburgh, Thursday, March 17, 2022. Delaware will face Villanova in a first round tournament game on Friday. (AP Photo/Gene J. Puskar)

Top colleges accused of violating Black athletes' rights

By Ralph D. Russo Mar. 22, 2022 01:07 PM EDT

FILE - Jon Vaughn, a former University of Michigan football player speaks to the media in Ann Arbor, Mich., June 16, 2021. Vaughn's small blue-and-white camper, which has been parked outside the home of the University of Michigan's president since early October has been removed, Vaughn says. The former star running back for the university's Wolverines football team set up the camp to protest the sexual abuse he and more than 1,000 other students say they suffered at the hands of the university's late sports doctor Robert Anderson. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya, File)

Ex-U. of Michigan athlete's protest encampment is removed

By Mike Householder Mar. 08, 2022 09:56 AM EST

FILE - Georgia Tech head coach Geoff Collins reacts during an NCAA college football game against North Carolina on Saturday, Sept. 25, 2021, in Atlanta. Fourth-year coach Geoff Collins is coming off his third consecutive three-win season as Georgia Tech opens spring practice on Thursday, Feb. 24, 2022. (AP Photo/John Bazemore, File)

Collins eager for restart at Georgia Tech after 3-win finish

By Charles Odum Feb. 24, 2022 03:17 PM EST

FILE - UCLA running back Zach Charbonnet (24) runs the ball in for a touch down as Southern California defensive lineman Jacob Lichtenstein (97) tries to stop him during the second half of an NCAA college football game Saturday, Nov. 20, 2021, in Los Angeles. An advocacy group for college athletes has filed a complaint with the National Labor Relations board in the next step in a push to give employee status to college athletes and afford them the right to competitive pay, collective bargaining and other benefits and protections. The National College Players Association on Tuesday, Feb. 8, 2022 filed the unfair labor practice charges against the NCAA, Pac-12 Conference, UCLA and the University of Southern California (AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill, File)

College athlete group files complaint, seeks employee status

By Eric Olson Feb. 08, 2022 04:59 PM EST

Scott Woodward answers questions, April 23, 2019, in Baton Rouge, La. Lawyers for an associate athletic director who filed a $50 million federal racketeering lawsuit against Louisiana State University say she has been fired in retaliation and asked the court Wednesday, Jan. 26, 2022 to add that claim to her suit. “On January 5, 2022, LSU Athletic Director Scott Woodward terminated Sharon Lewis without cause in retaliation for her reporting Title IX violations against LSU Football players, Coaches and Athletic officials,” they wrote in a proposed revision. (Bill Feig/The Advocate via AP)

Lawyers: LSU fired athletics official who sued department

Jan. 26, 2022 02:09 PM EST

A camper and tent are shown outside the University of Michigan's Presidents House on campus in Ann Arbor, Mich., Thursday, Jan. 20, 2022. A financial payout for more than 1,000 people — mostly men — who say they were sexually assaulted by former University of Michigan sports doctor Robert Anderson is the latest multimillion-dollar settlement involving schools faced with sexual misconduct scandals. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya)

Ex-athlete vows to maintain U. of Michigan sex abuse protest

By Corey Williams And Mike Householder Jan. 22, 2022 10:09 AM EST

Auburn center Dylan Cardwell (44) reacts after a Georgia turnover during the second half of an NCAA college basketball game Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, in Auburn, Ala. (AP Photo/Butch Dill)

NCAA ratifies new constitution, paving way to restructuring

By Ralph D. Russo Jan. 20, 2022 03:22 PM EST

Hawaii lawmakers hear football program concerns

Jan. 08, 2022 07:31 PM EST
HONOLULU (AP) — The University of Hawaii Board of Regents plans to address the issue of morale on the university's football team following a legislative hearing that...