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...different study in JBHE this fall found that Stanford University surpassed Harvard in black student yield for the first time in 20 years...
Willingham, 48, is the opposite of the rah-rah type Notre Dame thought it was looking for, one reason he wasn't hired in the first place. He's an intense, Bible Belt Southerner who worked his way through a series of coaching positions to the top job at Stanford, where football is only one of many extracurricular student activities. He's also the first black head coach in Notre Dame history, a mantle he wears somewhat warily. "I'm not one of those who likes to be in the spotlight," he says, "although I do recognize that in this...
...football team, a refrain that has been repeated on these pages ad nauseum (this columnist is among the guilty). Instead, the question is posed to those people who ordinarily would be attracted to college sports, those who would go to games if they went to their state schools or Stanford or Duke: Do you know what you’re missing...
Sports Illustrated has recognized that Ivy League sports are legit. Not Stanford legit, not Texas legit, not UCLA legit. Nowhere near that legit. But legit...
...ever since. This disturbing statistic shows that while our black student yield has been strong compared to other Ivy League colleges, Harvard has been suffering as other colleges have stepped up their recruitment efforts. As a consequence, Harvard has for the first time in 20 years been surpassed by Stanford University, which has a black student yield of 64.4 percent this year...