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Here is a link to a document containing a brief biography on Frank Splitt and his curriculum vitae.
This is a chronological list of all of Dr. Splitt's commentaries. The most recent year is reverse chronological
with the newest essay first, and all other years are in traditional chronological order.
2010
Ending Academic Corruption In Collegiate Athletics Won’t Be Easy
The NCAA Cartel: Enveloped by a Perfect Storm?
Reclaiming Academic Primacy and Integrity in Higher Education
2009
1. Ongoing College Sports Scam Puts Madoff to Shame
2. College Sports: National Priorities and Unplugged Loopholes
3. Time to Put Childish Things Aside
4. Big-time college sports: A plausible alternative to pro sports?
5. Economic Stimulus and the Higher Education Investment Act
6. Academic Integrity Is Not a Moneymaker
7. Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: New Hope for the Future
8. The Brutal Truth About College Sports: Who Will Tell the President?
9. Cleaning up the Mess in College Sports: Demands More than Policy Statements
10. America's Failing Education System: It Can Still Be Fixed
11. College Leaders Again Urged to Consider Solutions For Sports Mess: Likely to No Avail Unless...
12. How about FIPSE proposals for college sports reform?
13. Why Congress has yet to curtail the NCAA cartel’s tax breaks: Exemptions historically tied to amateur athletes
14. Don't Give Up on College Sports Reform
15. On Reforming College Sports and Curbing Profligate Spending
16. Faculty Action at UC-Berkeley Warrants Emulation
17. The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: Why It Needs Fixing
18. Sports in America: Facing Up To Global Realities
2008
1. A Common Sense Approach to Recruiting Academically Disadvantaged Athletes
2. Taxpayer-Supported, Full-time Jobs for College Athlete-Entertainers
3. Cheating in College Athletics: Presidential Oversight Notwithstanding
4. Congress Grills Commissioners: A Need to Do More
5. College Athletics and Corruption
6. Unrestrained Growth in Facilities for Athletes: Where is the Outrage?
7. College Sports Reform: Could Come Sooner Rather Than Later
8. College Sports Reform: Present status and future direction
9. A Trojan Horse Assault on the Ivory Tower
10. Dancing Partners: The NCAA and the Knight Commission
11. Time for Accountability (published in The National Catholic Reporter)
12. Best Remedy for the College Sports Mess: Transparency, Accountability, and Oversight
13. The TAO of College Sport Reform
14. Principles of Amateurism Undermined Long Ago
2007
1. Why a Congressional Hearing on Intercollegiate Athletics?
2. Employing Academically Unqualified College Athletes
3. Easing Athletes’ Academic Path: A Step Down a Slippery Slope?
4. The U.S. Congress: New Hope for Constructive Engagement with the NCAA and Intercollegiate Athletics
5. The U.S. Congress, Higher Education, and College Sports Reform: Signs of Progress, Truth, and Consequences
6. Troubling U.S. Financials: Lessons for the Reform Minded
7. The Congressional Challenge to the NCAA Cartel's Tax-Exempt Status
8. The Academic Performance of College Athletes: No Doubt Worse Than Reported
9. 3 Privacy Rules Must Be Tempered By Common Sense
10. Recommendations for Sports Program Transparency and Reporting at the NCAA and Its Member Institutions
11. Academic Corruption in Big-Time College Sports Demands Federal Intervention in Accreditation
12. Don't Overlook the Congress for Serious College Sport Reform
13. Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: The Revised IRS Form 990 Can Accelerate the Process
14. A Revised IRS Form 990 Can Serve as Occam’s Razor for the Core Problem in College Sports
15. More on Taxing the Sports Factory
16. On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight
17. On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight: An Afterword
18. The Rutgers 1000: A Profile in Academic Courage
19. Reported GRs and APRs: Another View from the Sidelines
20. Sports in America 2007: Facing Up to Global Realities
21. Going Beyond the Mitchell Report: Cheating in College Sports Via Performance Enhancing Drugs and Academic Corruption
2006
1. Are Big-Time College Sports Good for America?
2. Truth Telling on Campus
3. A Collection of Recently Published Essays and Comments
5. Presidents Flex Their Muscles to Maintain the Status Quo in Big-Time College Sports
6. Balancing STEMS and Sports: A Question of Values - OR click here to view this article online (see page 5, as well as page 9 for
an article about the RMH Award presented to Frank)
7. College Athletics, Academic Assessment, and the False Claims Act
8. College Sports Reform: Tempus Fugit
9. What Spellings Left Out
10. Kudos to Chairman Thomas
11. Further to the Thomas-Brand Letter
12. Reform in College Sports Requires Government Intervention
13. Notes on Independent Study and More
15. The Student Athlete
16. Some Prompts for a Congressional Hearing on College Athletics
17. Who Accredits Alternative Ed Programs for College Athletes?
2004-2005
1. College Sports Mess Cries for Reform
2. The Faculty-Driven Movement to Reform Big-Time College Sports Foreword by James J. Duderstadt, Afterword by Jon Ericson
3. Essays & Commentaries on College Sports Reform October 2004 – October 2005,
5. Sports in America 2005: Facing Up to Global Realities
2003
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education Foreword by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
This is a chronological list of all of Dr. Splitt's commentaries. The most recent year is reverse chronological
with the newest essay first, and all other years are in traditional chronological order.
2010
Ending Academic Corruption In Collegiate Athletics Won’t Be Easy
The NCAA Cartel: Enveloped by a Perfect Storm?
Reclaiming Academic Primacy and Integrity in Higher Education
2009
1. Ongoing College Sports Scam Puts Madoff to Shame
2. College Sports: National Priorities and Unplugged Loopholes
3. Time to Put Childish Things Aside
4. Big-time college sports: A plausible alternative to pro sports?
5. Economic Stimulus and the Higher Education Investment Act
6. Academic Integrity Is Not a Moneymaker
7. Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: New Hope for the Future
8. The Brutal Truth About College Sports: Who Will Tell the President?
9. Cleaning up the Mess in College Sports: Demands More than Policy Statements
10. America's Failing Education System: It Can Still Be Fixed
11. College Leaders Again Urged to Consider Solutions For Sports Mess: Likely to No Avail Unless...
12. How about FIPSE proposals for college sports reform?
13. Why Congress has yet to curtail the NCAA cartel’s tax breaks: Exemptions historically tied to amateur athletes
14. Don't Give Up on College Sports Reform
15. On Reforming College Sports and Curbing Profligate Spending
16. Faculty Action at UC-Berkeley Warrants Emulation
17. The Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics: Why It Needs Fixing
18. Sports in America: Facing Up To Global Realities
2008
1. A Common Sense Approach to Recruiting Academically Disadvantaged Athletes
2. Taxpayer-Supported, Full-time Jobs for College Athlete-Entertainers
3. Cheating in College Athletics: Presidential Oversight Notwithstanding
4. Congress Grills Commissioners: A Need to Do More
5. College Athletics and Corruption
6. Unrestrained Growth in Facilities for Athletes: Where is the Outrage?
7. College Sports Reform: Could Come Sooner Rather Than Later
8. College Sports Reform: Present status and future direction
9. A Trojan Horse Assault on the Ivory Tower
10. Dancing Partners: The NCAA and the Knight Commission
11. Time for Accountability (published in The National Catholic Reporter)
12. Best Remedy for the College Sports Mess: Transparency, Accountability, and Oversight
13. The TAO of College Sport Reform
14. Principles of Amateurism Undermined Long Ago
2007
1. Why a Congressional Hearing on Intercollegiate Athletics?
2. Employing Academically Unqualified College Athletes
3. Easing Athletes’ Academic Path: A Step Down a Slippery Slope?
4. The U.S. Congress: New Hope for Constructive Engagement with the NCAA and Intercollegiate Athletics
5. The U.S. Congress, Higher Education, and College Sports Reform: Signs of Progress, Truth, and Consequences
6. Troubling U.S. Financials: Lessons for the Reform Minded
7. The Congressional Challenge to the NCAA Cartel's Tax-Exempt Status
8. The Academic Performance of College Athletes: No Doubt Worse Than Reported
9. 3 Privacy Rules Must Be Tempered By Common Sense
10. Recommendations for Sports Program Transparency and Reporting at the NCAA and Its Member Institutions
11. Academic Corruption in Big-Time College Sports Demands Federal Intervention in Accreditation
12. Don't Overlook the Congress for Serious College Sport Reform
13. Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: The Revised IRS Form 990 Can Accelerate the Process
14. A Revised IRS Form 990 Can Serve as Occam’s Razor for the Core Problem in College Sports
15. More on Taxing the Sports Factory
16. On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight
17. On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight: An Afterword
18. The Rutgers 1000: A Profile in Academic Courage
19. Reported GRs and APRs: Another View from the Sidelines
20. Sports in America 2007: Facing Up to Global Realities
21. Going Beyond the Mitchell Report: Cheating in College Sports Via Performance Enhancing Drugs and Academic Corruption
2006
1. Are Big-Time College Sports Good for America?
2. Truth Telling on Campus
3. A Collection of Recently Published Essays and Comments
- 1. Who Wants to Tackle Biggest Man on Campus? The Wall Street Journal, Oct, 5, 2005 – p 1
- 2. Sarbanes-Oxley and Disclosure Can Fix Budget Problem, InsideHigherEd.com, Nov, 11, 2005 – p 1
- 3. Handwriting on the Wall? InsideHigherEd.com, Feb. 10, 2006 – p 2
- 4. Athletes Who Are Not Real Students, The Chronicle of Higher Education, March 10, 2006 – p 3
- 5. Valuing the Science Course, InsideHigherEd.Com, March 16, 2006 – p 3
- 6. March Madness will go on as it always has ... unless, CollegeAthleticsClips.com, March 23, 2006 – p 4
- 7. OK to root against Air Force, but ..., Daily Herald, March 27, 2006 – p 5
- 8. The College Sports Tax Scam, CollegeAthleticsClip.com, March 28, 2006 – p 6
- 9. RE: Fr. Jenkins February 10, 2006, Essay on Catholic Identity, National Catholic Reporter, March 31, 2006 – p 8
5. Presidents Flex Their Muscles to Maintain the Status Quo in Big-Time College Sports
6. Balancing STEMS and Sports: A Question of Values - OR click here to view this article online (see page 5, as well as page 9 for
an article about the RMH Award presented to Frank)
7. College Athletics, Academic Assessment, and the False Claims Act
8. College Sports Reform: Tempus Fugit
9. What Spellings Left Out
10. Kudos to Chairman Thomas
11. Further to the Thomas-Brand Letter
12. Reform in College Sports Requires Government Intervention
13. Notes on Independent Study and More
- 1. Independent Study Courses for Athletes, Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 7 – p. 1
- 2. Time to reform NCAA athletics, DAILY HERALD, Nov. 8 – p. 1
- 3. Congress needs to keep up the heat on the NCAA, Inside Higher Ed, Nov. 14 – p. 2
15. The Student Athlete
16. Some Prompts for a Congressional Hearing on College Athletics
17. Who Accredits Alternative Ed Programs for College Athletes?
2004-2005
1. College Sports Mess Cries for Reform
2. The Faculty-Driven Movement to Reform Big-Time College Sports Foreword by James J. Duderstadt, Afterword by Jon Ericson
3. Essays & Commentaries on College Sports Reform October 2004 – October 2005,
- 1. The Economics of College Sports, The Chronicle of Higher Education, October 22, 2004 – p 3.
- 2. The Blatant Hypocrisy in Big-time College Sports, InsideHigherEd.com, January 21, 2005 – p 4.
- 3. Why the U. S. Should Intervene in College Sports, InsideHigherEd.com, February 16, 2005 – p 5.
- 4. Why the NCAA's latest reform measures won't work, InsideHigherEd.com, March 15, 2005 – p 7.
- 5. Why Congress Should Review Policies that Facilitate the Growth and Corruption of Big-Time College Sports, Congressional
Record, Extension of Remarks by Representative Janice D. Schakowsky, March 17, 2005 – p 9. - 6. Clara Lovett, InsideHigherEd.com, March 30, 2005 – p 11.
- 7. What Congress can do about the mess in college sports, CollegeAthleticsClips.com, May 8, 2005 – p 11.
- 8. Expanding Commercialism in College Sports: Where is the Outrage? CollegeAthleticsClip.com, May 8, 2005 – p 14.
- 9. Lines Between NCAA & Knight Commission Now Blurred – Time for Congress to Step In?, CollegeAthleticsClips.com, June 16,
2005 – p 16. - 10. Frank Splitt on Commercialized College Sports, I-AA.com, July 11, 2005 – p 21.
- 11. Putting College Sports Reform 'On Steroids', CollegeAthleticsClips.com, July 17, 2005 – p 22.
- 12. Shrinking STEMS, The Chicago Tribune, September 11, 2005 – p 27
- 13. Who Wants to Tackle Biggest Man on Campus?, The Wall Street Journal, October 5, 2005 – p 28.
- 14. College Sports Reform: Beyond the Knight Commission, CollegeAthleticsClips.Com, October 14, 2005 – p 29.
5. Sports in America 2005: Facing Up to Global Realities
2003
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education Foreword by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
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