Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

DECEMBER 19, 2022

NBA star Chris Paul has graduated from Winston-Salem State University and is helping give career advancement and financial literacy opportunities to his fellow graduating classmates.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 13, 2024

DEI, Black Lives Matter, MLK, the NBA, the NFL — any place that is identified with Black excellence against the historic onslaught of white mediocrity.” Michael Eric Dyson, author and professor of African American and Diaspora Studies, and professor of Ethics and Society in the Divinity School at Vanderbilt University, did not mince words.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

AUGUST 17, 2023

HBCU alumni have been supportive of recruitment activities, including participating in HBCU Night held at NBA arenas. HBCU Night not only stages events with NBA teams, such as the Brooklyn Nets, it is expanding to other sports leagues and businesses. All in-person events include a Q&A session and a college fair for local youth.

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Hope College Network

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

He would probably be in the NBA and/or a really good men’s volleyball player. I’m serious, my brother was drinking black coffee at four years old. Recently I’ve started wondering how much taller he would be if that hadn’t happened. In junior high I started discovering the wonder of Starbucks Frappuccinos on youth group trips.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

and countries including Jamaica and Kenya — have gone on to a host of varying opportunities, such as medical school, doctorates, Goldman Sachs, the NBA, and Disney. According to a press release, past fellows — from the U.S.

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Higher Ed Connects: News

MAY 7, 2019

If Title IX issues require that the universities transfer ownership of the basketball and football teams to the NBA and the NFL, or to other entities, so be it. If no one ever again makes $7.9 million a year to coach college basketball, or even $1 million, c’est la vie. Education must win.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

APRIL 10, 2024

During the years she played high school basketball, Chayla collected NBA and NCAA men's basketball trading cards. In hindsight, Chayla believes her laser focus on Magic was due in some part to men being the prevailing image of basketball’s elite.

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Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

Though these programs have made significant effort to focus on Black youth and their future, Black women are still the most affected by a lack of financial investment and wealth growth.

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The Change Leader, Inc.

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

In 2001, she was the first Team President named by the National Basketball Association (NBA) for one of its men’s basketball development teams, the Fayetteville Patriots.

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Higher Ed Ethics Watch

JUNE 8, 2022

They may be able to play more and gain greater visibility for their efforts thereby increasing the likelihood of being a high draft pick by the NBA. There is no doubt that student-athletes can benefit by going through the transfer process. And, of course, there is the monetary angle. Some athletes get snapped up quickly by coaches.

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