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SBJ’s Smith reports the NCAA has narrowed its search for a new president with the expectation an offer is made before Christmas. Smith: “...the preferred candidates are a mix of execs from inside and outside college athletics and higher education.” (link); SEC Commissioner Sankey joined D1.ticker/Connect’s Fischer from SBJ IAF to talk, among other topics, the next NCAA president, whom he would encourage to narrow down the job description from six pages to some strategic priorities. “Really what I’m interested in is hearing a vision communicated and then the strategic priorities that inform that vision, and then the ability to draw people in. … I would encourage them to ask a lot of questions, to build relationships, to not just react to pressure points that exist but to identify the real priorities that need to be addressed.” The full interview is now live on Connect. (link)
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Texas Tech’s endowment, valued at $1.7B, returned -1.4% during the most recent fiscal year, compared to a 27.7% return for the previous fiscal year. The three, five and 10 years ended August 31 returned an annualized 8.6%, 6.9% and 7.3% respectively. (link) |
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Presidents & Chancellors in the News |
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In his most recent video Weekly Update, Kansas Chancellor Girod hosts University Senate President Kokobobo and Vice Provost for DEIB Persley to discuss shared governance and how the university can create an “exceptional learning community.” (link) |
In an op-ed for the Lubbock Avalanche-Journal, Texas Tech President Schovanec commemorated the forthcoming 100th anniversary of the university and introduced the university’s challenge for Red Raiders to participate in 1M hours of volunteerism and service. Schovanec: “Texas Tech is about friendships, life-lasting bonds, and ideas and values that weather the test of time. I invite you to join us on this journey to celebrate what Texas Tech has been and will be. We will honor a century that has turned potential into power, education into inspiration, and passionate students into proud alumni.” (link)
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West Virginia officially introduced North Texas AD Baker as the Mountaineers’ new AD. President Gee explained in his remarks that “when we interviewed Wren, I can tell you that he fits every one of our criteria and, in addition to being an exceptionally – and I’m going to underline exceptionally – talented athletics director, he’s also a very positive person who easily connects and engages with everyone he meets. He understands the vision, he knows where we want to go, and I have no doubt that he’ll get us there.” Gee also explained that TurnkeyZRG presented multiple options, ranging from candidates from Power 5 schools to those outside of college athletics. (link)
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Big 12 Commissioner Yormark continues to push a rebranded league during his time with the media in Arlington: “We want to be more diverse, more inclusive. We want to get younger and more contemporary. You’re starting to see that. If you look at social media, many of the student athletes that are participating in today’s game, have commented on some of the things we’ve done …I think our plan of modernizing and [contemporizing] and connecting to youth culture is the right strategy.” Yormark also says conversations with Gonzaga about joining the conference are ongoing & that the football title game will stay at AT&T Stadium. (link)
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Kansas selected Associate Professor of Communication Studies and Institute for Leadership Studies Director Banwart as associate vice provost for faculty development, mentoring and growth. (link) |
Kansas State named University of Missouri System Chief Engagement Officer Stewart as its first senior vice president for executive affairs, university engagement and partnerships and chief of staff, effective January 23, 2023. (link) |
Kansas State tapped management professional Nicholson as executive director of student health and well-being services. In the role, Nicholson will oversee a portfolio that includes the Lafene Health Center and Morrison Family Student Well-being Center. (link) |
West Virginia selected Uniontown Hospital Chief Financial Officer Weiss to serve as senior associate vice president of finance. (link) |
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Kansas Professor Emeritus Taylor and his wife made a $1.4M gift to establish the Chip and Toni Taylor Professorship in support of Monarch Watch, the program Taylor founded in 1992 to tag and research monarchs. (link) |
Texas supporters Jim and Mary Pat Nelson made a $5M gift to establish the Nelson Center for Brand and Demand Analytics in the Moody College of Communication. The Center, part of the Stan Richards School of Advertising & Public Relations, will offer a credentialing program and an industry program to connect students with leading companies for jobs and mentorships. The gift will also support faculty members specializing in media analytics, digital and social media, branding, entrepreneurship and innovation. (link)
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New West Virginia AD Baker’s annual compensation will be $1.1M plus incentives, and his base salary will increase by $50K every year starting on January 1, 2025. Baker also stands to earn a one-time retention bonus of $75K after his first two weeks of employment and a $250K retention bonus on March 1, 2026. WVU would owe Baker 75% of his remaining base salary if it were to part ways with Baker without cause. Baker would owe the university $1M were he to leave Morgantown in the first year of his contract, and that figures decreases by $200K each year. (link)
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A report by academics at Cornell and NC State published in Nature Human Behavior indicates that the racial diversity of tenured and tenure-track faculty in the U.S. is not increasing faster than the diversity of the American public at large and predicts that “higher education will never achieve demographic parity among tenure-track faculty.” As a solution, the report notes: “We estimate the sector could reach demographic parity by 2050 by collectively increasing underrepresented faculty by one percentage point per year—an increase of 0.78 percentage points on the current rate of change.” More. (link)
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The New York Times released a list of the top 25 “Low-Cost College Towns,” based on categories of affordability, demographics, and “fun and opportunity.” Manhattan, Kansas, home to Kansas State, topped the list and was joined by Lawrence, KS (Kansas)and Waco, TX (Baylor). Full list. (link) |
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The National Labor Relations Board is shifting its focus on college athletics from the NCAA at large to USC FB and basketball student-athletes, per College Basketball Players Association Co-Founder Hsu, who told Sportico the NLRB has communicated it will focus on the NCPA’s charge while the NCAA charge is “in abeyance.” Sportico’s Libit adds context: “The NCPA’s charge included USC and the Pac-12 Conference, and specifically addressed the employee status of football and men’s and women’s basketball players. The charge alleged that by misclassifying them as ‘student-athletes,’ the school, conference and NCAA had ‘interfered with, restrained and coerced’ the exercise of those athletes’ collective bargaining rights. As a private university, USC falls within the purview of the NLRB, which oversees only private sector employees. The NCPA also filed an unfair labor practices charge on behalf of athletes at UCLA, a public university. However, that proceeding would rely on the joint employment doctrine, in which an individual is deemed to be employed by a secondary employer—in this case, the NCAA or Pac-12—if that entity wields significant power over the terms and conditions of the individual’s employment.” (link)
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