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International student athletes in the US losing out on sponsorship

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They’re some of the best players from both the women’s and men’s National Collegiate Athletics Association March Madness tournament – and half of them are international students. Students from overseas have been gracing American television sets for multiple years in various sports. It’s something on individuals minds, he adds.

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NAACP calls on Black student-athletes to boycott Florida public colleges over anti-DEI policy

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The head of the NAACP is calling on Black student-athletes to reconsider their decisions to attend public colleges and universities in Florida, challenging a new state policy that bars those institutions from using government funds on diversity, equity and inclusion programs. Read more from NBC News.

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NCAA president wants colleges to directly pay some student athletes

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In a letter sent to more than 350 Division I schools Tuesday, Baker said he wants the association to create a new tier of NCAA Division I sports where schools would be required to offer at least half their athletes a payment of at least $30,000 per year through a trust fund. Read more from NBC News.

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Marcus Caldeira

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

As such, the Mountaineer has been named to College Soccer News First- Team All-American, United Soccer Coaches Second-Team All-American, United Soccer Coaches All-Southeast Regional First Team, All Sun Belt First Team, CSC First-Team Academic All-American, and CSC Academic All-District. “He

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International student athletes in the US – a Global North affair?

The PIE News

International students with enough athletic prowess can really change the game for themselves – hundreds of thousands of dollars in tuition can be waived if you’re at the top of your game in football, basketball, even tennis or rowing. In men’s American football, perhaps naturally, that percentage point crashes to 2%.

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How this university plans to reduce its budget deficit by $110 million in one year

University Business

The university will also increase budget oversight over the athletics department, centralize administrative offices and launch a new budget model beginning in 2025. UA has also let go of some athletic department employees, including its athletic director.

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NCAA Kicks Off Inclusion Forum

Diverse: Issues in Higher Education

The convening —which drew more than 650 people to Indianapolis—is designed to enhance efforts on diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging initiatives for student-athletes. Educational programming focuses on each of the inclusion's five core areas of disability, international, LGBTQ, race/ethnicity and women.