A gifted college basketball player's cocaine addiction and eventual trafficking, his sentencing, prison life, and his efforts to educate students about cocaine are discussed. (MSE)

Faculty members at the Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology take part in an experiment that they hope will lead to a better understanding between them and their students. Faculty are invited to work with the team for a week, attending practices, coaching sessions, and roaming the sidelines during a game. (MLW)

San Jacinto College, a two-year institution, has won fame for offering top basketball players with poor academic records a chance to play for a winning team while improving their grades. Colleges like San Jacinto may become more popular because of the NCAA's new academic standards. (MLW)

The letter of intent signed by college-bound high school athletes, which commits them to play their sport at a particular college and commits the institution to an athletic scholarship, is college sports' equivalent of a professional athlete's contract with his team. (MSE)

Temple University's model drug education and abuse prevention program for students and staff includes education and counseling throughout the year as well as random drug testing. The program is costly but successful, and has the support of athletes, administration, and the coaching staff. (MSE)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's new minimum academic standards for freshman athletes have resulted in 650 students accepted at the colleges but not able to practice or compete with the team as freshmen. The fact that most of these students are black has fueled criticism of the rule. (MSE)

A rift among college presidents perils the drive to reform college sports. Cost-cutting measures proposed by the presidents were defeated by NCAA members. Five athletic directors with widely differing programs view their own budget dilemmas, and college officials assail the decision permitting ineligible athletes to play professional football.…

While recent National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) data say athletes with scholarships and black athletes graduate at a higher rate than nonathletes, critics say the rates reflect an overall trend, not results of NCAA regulation, and that athletes denied scholarships because of rigorous academic standards are being ignored. Schools with…

Wilford S. Bailey of Auburn University is heading the National Collegiate Athletic Association as it struggles to cope with several controversial issues: testing athletes for drug abuse, new academic standards for freshman athletes, the role of college presidents in governing sports, and the integrity of college athletics. (MLW)

A survey shows that officials at universities with big-time sports programs intend to reduce their spending on athletics, but are reluctant to make cuts in football and basketball. The National Collegiate Athletic Association is proposing only a few rule changes for their special convention in June. (MLW)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II voted to adopt academic standards for freshman athletes that are identical to those in effect in Division I. Officials of Black colleges opposed the inclusion of standardized-test scores in the regulations. The roll-call vote is provided. (MLW)

The Trial Lawyers for Public Justice are suing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) for discrimination against blacks by using college entrance examination scores, allegedly racially and culturally biased, for admission of athletes. Other organizations have also protested the tests' use. The NCAA claims the standards are in place to…

Catholic colleges and universities have a significantly higher graduation rate for both African-American and white athletes than do other major sports institutions. Attention given to individual students, large African-American enrollments in the mostly urban institutions, and church and institutional commitment to education as a social…

The death of a basketball player at the University of Maryland is giving new impetus to proposals to toughen the testing of athletes for drugs and to tighten limits on the time college players devote to their sports. Developments at Maryland and the National Collegiate Athletic Association are described. (MLW)

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's new regulation preventing freshman athletes with low standardized test scores from participating in varsity sports, and the response of Black colleges, including a legal challenge, are discussed. (MSE)