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Here is a link to a document containing a brief biography on Frank Splitt and his curriculum vitae.
2003
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education
Foreword by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
2004-2005
College Sports Mess Cries for Reform
The Faculty-Driven Movement to Reform Big-Time College Sports
Foreword by James J. Duderstadt, Afterword by Jon Ericson
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.
A Statement on Academic Retaliation
Sports in America 2005: Facing Up to Global Realities
2006
Are Big-Time College Sports Good for America?
Truth Telling on Campus
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
The College Sports Tax Scam Revisited
Presidents Flex Their Muscles to Maintain the Status Quo in Big-Time College Sports
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)
College Athletics, Academic Assessment, and the False Claims Act
College Sports Reform: Tempus Fugit
What Spellings Left Out
Kudos to Chairman Thomas
Further to the Thomas-Brand Letter
Reform in College Sports Requires Government Intervention
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
How About a Quid Pro Quo
The Student Athlete
Some Prompts for a Congressional Hearing on College Athletics
Who Accredits Alternative Ed Programs for College Athletes?
2007
Why a Congressional Hearing on Intercollegiate Athletics?
Employing Academically Unqualified College Athletes
Easing Athletes’ Academic Path: A Step Down a Slippery Slope?
The U.S. Congress: New Hope for Constructive Engagement with the NCAA and Intercollegiate Athletics
The U.S. Congress, Higher Education, and College Sports Reform: Signs of Progress, Truth, and Consequences
Troubling U.S. Financials: Lessons for the Reform Minded
The Congressional Challenge to the NCAA Cartel's Tax-Exempt Status
The Academic Performance of College Athletes: No Doubt Worse Than Reported
Privacy Rules Must Be Tempered By Common Sense
Recommendations for Sports Program Transparency and Reporting at the NCAA and Its Member Institutions
Academic Corruption in Big-Time College Sports Demands Federal Intervention in Accreditation
Don't Overlook the Congress for Serious College Sport Reform
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: The Revised IRS Form 990 Can Accelerate the Process
A Revised IRS Form 990 Can Serve as Occam’s Razor for the Core Problem in College Sports
More on Taxing the Sports Factory
On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight
On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight: An Afterword
The Rutgers 1000: A Profile in Academic Courage
Reported GRs and APRs: Another View from the Sidelines
Sports in America 2007: Facing Up to Global Realities
Going Beyond the Mitchell Report: Cheating in College Sports Via Performance Enhancing Drugs and Academic Corruption
2008
A Common Sense Approach to Recruiting Academically Disadvantaged Athletes
Taxpayer-Supported, Full-time Jobs for College Athlete-Entertainers
Cheating in College Athletics: Presidential Oversight Notwithstanding
Congress Grills Commissioners: A Need to Do More
College Athletics and Corruption
Unrestrained Growth in Facilities for Athletes: Where is the Outrage?
College Sports Reform: Could Come Sooner Rather Than Later
College Sports Reform: Present status and future direction
A Trojan Horse Assault on the Ivory Tower
Dancing Partners: The NCAA and the Knight Commission
Time for Accountability (published in The National Catholic Reporter)
2003
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education
Foreword by Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C.
2004-2005
College Sports Mess Cries for Reform
The Faculty-Driven Movement to Reform Big-Time College Sports
Foreword by James J. Duderstadt, Afterword by Jon Ericson
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.
A Statement on Academic Retaliation
Sports in America 2005: Facing Up to Global Realities
2006
Are Big-Time College Sports Good for America?
Truth Telling on Campus
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
The College Sports Tax Scam Revisited
Presidents Flex Their Muscles to Maintain the Status Quo in Big-Time College Sports
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)
College Athletics, Academic Assessment, and the False Claims Act
College Sports Reform: Tempus Fugit
What Spellings Left Out
Kudos to Chairman Thomas
Further to the Thomas-Brand Letter
Reform in College Sports Requires Government Intervention
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
How About a Quid Pro Quo
The Student Athlete
Some Prompts for a Congressional Hearing on College Athletics
Who Accredits Alternative Ed Programs for College Athletes?
2007
Why a Congressional Hearing on Intercollegiate Athletics?
Employing Academically Unqualified College Athletes
Easing Athletes’ Academic Path: A Step Down a Slippery Slope?
The U.S. Congress: New Hope for Constructive Engagement with the NCAA and Intercollegiate Athletics
The U.S. Congress, Higher Education, and College Sports Reform: Signs of Progress, Truth, and Consequences
Troubling U.S. Financials: Lessons for the Reform Minded
The Congressional Challenge to the NCAA Cartel's Tax-Exempt Status
The Academic Performance of College Athletes: No Doubt Worse Than Reported
Privacy Rules Must Be Tempered By Common Sense
Recommendations for Sports Program Transparency and Reporting at the NCAA and Its Member Institutions
Academic Corruption in Big-Time College Sports Demands Federal Intervention in Accreditation
Don't Overlook the Congress for Serious College Sport Reform
Reclaiming Academic Primacy in Higher Education: The Revised IRS Form 990 Can Accelerate the Process
A Revised IRS Form 990 Can Serve as Occam’s Razor for the Core Problem in College Sports
More on Taxing the Sports Factory
On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight
On the Faculty Role in College Sports Oversight: An Afterword
The Rutgers 1000: A Profile in Academic Courage
Reported GRs and APRs: Another View from the Sidelines
Sports in America 2007: Facing Up to Global Realities
Going Beyond the Mitchell Report: Cheating in College Sports Via Performance Enhancing Drugs and Academic Corruption
2008
A Common Sense Approach to Recruiting Academically Disadvantaged Athletes
Taxpayer-Supported, Full-time Jobs for College Athlete-Entertainers
Cheating in College Athletics: Presidential Oversight Notwithstanding
Congress Grills Commissioners: A Need to Do More
College Athletics and Corruption
Unrestrained Growth in Facilities for Athletes: Where is the Outrage?
College Sports Reform: Could Come Sooner Rather Than Later
College Sports Reform: Present status and future direction
A Trojan Horse Assault on the Ivory Tower
Dancing Partners: The NCAA and the Knight Commission
Time for Accountability (published in The National Catholic Reporter)
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