October 10, 2007

Report: Faculty Feel 'Disconnected' from College Sports, Think Some Coaches' Salaries are Excessive

By Libby Sander

A "striking number" of professors involved in governance at universities with high-profile athletics programs say they are disconnected from and do not know much about the issues facing college sports, according to survey findings released on Tuesday by the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics.

In the nationwide survey of faculty attitudes, 62 percent of the respondents said their universities' athletics programs were structurally separate from academic programs, and 50

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