Alex FriedrichCollege grad Chip Davis of our Public Insight Network writes that the Penn State child sex-abuse scandal says little about universities and their connection to big-money sports: No one but “the person in charge of the institution” (according to 23 Pa.C.S. § 6311) is legally required to make such a report. The observer (a graduate Read more →
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Public Insight Network member Lisa Nordeen, a former athlete and coach as well as Minnesota professor and sport sociologist with extensive Division I experience, said calls for reform can only go so far: Sure, reform is needed. However, college athletics has become so imbedded within our society that it would be next to impossible to Read more →
The Public Insight Network query on the meaning behind the Penn State scandal has brought out a lot of folks who think college sports have grown too big and need to be separated from the schools themselves. (One could argue that wouldn’t solve the actual problem, but would remove that section of it from higher Read more →
News of the Pennsylvania State University child sex-abuse scandal is all over the news today. To what extent is what’s happening on the Penn State campus reflective of American higher education and how it handles big-time college sports? We’ve asked folks in our Public Insight Network to give us their perspectives, and we’d love to Read more →