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Mary Willingham, 2013 RMH Recipient, Says University Failed Athletes
April 18, 2013 Ms. Mary Willingham received the 2013 Robert Maynard Hutchins (RMH) Award for her defense of academic integrity at the University of North Carolina (UNC). At the RMH Award luncheon, Mary spoke about her experiences as a Learning Specialist at UNC and how many athletes were academically unprepared for the rigors of college-level […]
Alan Page Speaks Out On Education
Alan Page is an associate justice of the Minnesota Supreme Court. Most people realize that Page, a member of the Pro Football Hall of Fame, had a stellar athletic career while playing for the Minnesota Vikings. What many people do not know is that in 1988, Page and his wife Diane founded the Page Education […]
UNC tolerated cheating, says insider Mary Willingham
From the Newsobserver.com By Dan Kane As a reading specialist at UNC-Chapel Hill, Mary Willingham met athletes who told her they had never read a book and didn’t know what a paragraph was. She said she saw diagnostic tests that showed they were unable to do college-level work. But many of those athletes stayed eligible […]
New Book; Impact of Dr. Harry Edwards’ Scholarship and Service
Dr. Fritz Polite, a clinical professor of sport management at the University of Tennessee (Knoxville) and his co-editor Dr. Billy Hawkins from the University of Georgia have completed a book titled Sport, Race, Activism, and Social Change: The Impact of Dr. Harry Edwards’ Scholarship and Service (University Readers: Cognella Publishers, 2011). According to Polite, a […]
Drake Group Co-Sponsors “Athletes Right To Know Act”
In January of 2012, the Drake Group and the National College Players’ Association (NCPA) joined forces with CT State Representative Pat Dillon to pass the College Athletes Right to Know Act in Connecticut. This legislation which was first signed into law by California Governor Arnold Schwartzenegger, requires colleges and universities to publicly disclose, among other […]
In Basketball, Troubles Spill Off the Court
From the New York Times By Peter Applebome BINGHAMTON, N.Y. — It’s not like there’s not enough going on at the cottage originally built as housing for shoe company workers. The two parakeets chirp. There’s a birth coming any day for the pregnancy and delivery counseling practice. There are classes to prepare for, a dissertation […]
TDG Presidents Meet with Ralph Nader to Discuss College Sports
Drake Group officers Jason Lanter, Kadie Otto, and Allen Sack met with consumer advocate Ralph Nader last summer to discuss Nader’s proposal to replace athletic scholarships with need-based financial aid in college sports. According Lanter, the immediate past president of The Drake Group, “Nader’s defense of need-based aid for athletes in big-time college sports places […]
Ridpath Provides Insider’s View of NCAA
B. David Ridpath, President Elect of the Drake Group, first contacted the Drake Group in 2004 during his ongoing battle with Marshall University over NCAA violations in the athletic department. Ridpath, in his new book titled Tainted Glory, documents his experiences as an assistant compliance director at Marshall. Former New York Times columnist, Robert Lipsyte […]
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UNC tolerated cheating, says insider Mary Willingham
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Ridpath Provides Insider’s View of NCAA
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Drake Group Report: O’Bannon, Amateurism, and the Viability of College Sport
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Drake Group Establishes “In Residence” Status At The University of New Haven
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Alan Page Speaks Out On Education
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Mary Willingham, 2013 RMH Recipient, Says University Failed Athletes
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Drake Group Report: O’Bannon, Amateurism, and the Viability of College Sport
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Drake Group Establishes “In Residence” Status At The University of New Haven
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Alan Page Speaks Out On Education
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Drake Group Scholarship Proposal Adopted By NCAA
Drake Member Receives National Humanities Medal
Stanley Katz, a Drake Group member, as well as a member of the Drake Group Advisory Council, was awarded the National Humanities Medal by President Obama in 2011. Mr. Katz is the Director for the Center for Arts and Cultural Policy Studies, Woodrow Wilson School, Princeton University. Full Biography...
