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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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Presidents & Chancellors in the News |
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University System of Georgia Chancellor Perdue spoke at Georgia’s Biennial Institute, a two-day training conference for newly-elected lawmakers, discussing the importance of restoring public confidence in higher education and his plans to create more online degree programs. Perdue: “People worry about cost, they worry about accountability, and they want to know if we’re a good return on investment. … While people may question the value of a four-year degree, the fact remains, it’s a million-dollar deal.” (link)
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The Courier Journal details the track record of incoming Louisville President Schatzel’s tenure leading Towson, including a focus on entrepreneurship, partnerships and economic, geographic and racial diversity. Among her accomplishments include creation of the Degree to Succeed pipeline with the Community College of Baltimore, the construction of a 22K-sq. ft. Academic Commons and science center and the establishment of a “no achievement gap,” with Black students graduating at a rate higher than the university’s overall graduation rate. Lots more. (link)
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Duke named interim Duke Kunshan Executive Vice Chancellor Luce as associate vice president for research & innovation in support of social and behavioral sciences, humanities and the arts, effective February 1, 2023. (link) |
The duties of Duke Executive Vice Provost Francis will be split among two administrators while she serves as interim provost following the departure of current Provost Kornbluth. Interim Trinity College of Arts & Sciences Dean Noor will serve as vice provost for academic affairs while retired Associate Vice Provost for Budget and Finance Oates will serve as vice provost for finance and administration. (link)
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In its December meeting, the Duke Board of Trustees elected outgoing Provost Kornbluth as Provost Emerita, effective January 1, 2023, among other items. (link) |
North Carolina appointed a search committee tasked with identifying the next dean for the Kenan-Flagler Business School. (link) |
NC State named UNC Wilmington Associate Vice Chancellor for Finance Harris as associate vice chancellor for finance and university treasurer. In the position, Harris will lead five departments within the Finance Division, including the Controller’s Office and Procurement & Business Services. (link) |
Virginia Tech promoted Assistant Vice Provost for the Humanities and Center for Humanities Founding Director Johnson to associate vice provost for public interest technology. (link) |
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Clemson announces the largest gift in IPTAY history and among the largest in school history. No word on the official amount from Jim and Candace Brown, but it will “support several areas of Clemson’s Athletic program, including football and basketball.” IPTAY has now surpassed its 2023 goal of $70M. (link) |
Georgia Tech FB HC Key’s contract is for five years and $15M. Base salary starts at $2.8M, rises to $3.2M in 2027. Language includes that Key “will work with the director of athletics” on staff decisions. If fired without cause, he is owed 70% of the remaining deal before the end of 2024, 60% before the end of 2025 and 50% thereafter. Standard bonuses for 8+ regular season wins, and postseason opportunities. (link)
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New Louisville FB HC Brohm is set to earn $36M over his six year deal, with the ability to earn $42.5M over seven should he win seven games in any season or $49.5M over eight years should the Cards win 10 games in a season. Brohm’s assistant pool is $5.5M. Should he exit Derby City at any time, Brohm would owe $1M. If UofL parts with Brohm, he is owed the full remainder of his contract. Bonuses include $250K for an ACC title, $250K for making the CFP, $400K for a top 4 CFP seed and $750K for a national title. (link)
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Miami submitted plans in September to the City of Coral Gables, seeking approval for a 162K-sq. ft. Football Operations Center and a 200K-sq. ft. parking garage on campus. The proposed FB ops center would include offices for all football personnel, locker rooms, a fitness center, team meeting rooms, alumni lounge, athletic training spaces, a photo studio, media offices, podcast rooms and a simulator room. The garage would have an 18K-sq. ft. dining facility and is part of a previously approved plan for a 280K-sq. ft. structure that has been relocated and reduced in size to accommodate the ops center. The City’s Development Review Committee is set to meet about the proposal on Friday morning. Renderings included here. (link)
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Though there’s no official timeline on the work, Syracuse AD Wildhack says new seating inside the JMA Wireless Dome could be ready by the 2024 season: “The objective would be to have the chairback seats, which would be throughout the entire building.” The upgrades would decrease capacity in the venue, but Wildhack says the Orange will still be able to host 30K for hoops games. (link - article, link - full convo)
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The Virginia Board of Visitors reviewed plans for the 65K-sq. ft. Karsh Institute for Democracy building, requesting that the next iteration of the project design include elements that more closely align with other UVA buildings and structures. The Board also approved a revised schematic design for the Olympic Sports Center, which will serve athletes across all 27 sports and includes the renovation of the existing McCue Center. (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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Virginia will honor the three students killed in the November 13 shooting on Grounds with posthumous degrees from the College of Arts & Sciences. (link) |
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35% of Syracuse students completed the most recent Sexual and Relationship Violence Survey in Spring 2022, with 70% of participants indicating they knew where to find resources if they were sexually harassed, abused or stalked and 72% reporting they had a general understanding of SU’s procedures for addressing sexual or relationship violence, while 10% reported experiencing some form of sexual assault and 6% had experienced relationship abuse during their time at SU. (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,” Blacksburg, VA (Virginia Tech). Full list. (link) |
Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity founded by queer men and open to all men as well as nonbinary students, has launched at Virginia Tech and is one of the largest DLP chapters in the country. (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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Virginia Attorney General Miyares selected the Quinn Emanuel law firm to conduct an external review and appointed former U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of Virginia Terwilliger to serve as special counsel for any federal, state and local law enforcement issues related to the November 13 shooting at Virginia. President Ryan: “As we continue to mourn the loss of Devin Chandler, Lavel Davis Jr., and D’Sean Perry, we are committed to working with the special counsel team to learn as much as we can about this event and the circumstances that led to it, and to apply those lessons to keep our community safe.” (link)
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Deals, Partnerships & Collaborations |
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The UCLA-Duke National Center for Child Traumatic Stress will continue leadership of the National Child Traumatic Stress Network, among other initiatives, after being awarded $40M over five years by the U.S. Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration. (link) |
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