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Discusses National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) plans to complete the decentralization of its operations in 1997. Its last town-meeting-style legislative convention, which is scheduled for January 1997 in Nashville, Tennessee; The number of proposals that are expected to be considered; The bestowal of more authority upon each of the NCAA's three divisions; Comments from NCAA officials; A summary of the proposed rules changes.

Looks at the balance between quality academic and big-time athletic programs at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Chancellor Michael K. Hooker's satisfaction with the balance; Absence of serious scandal in the athletics department; The institution's struggles with the compromises inherent in Division I athletics; Monitoring of athletes' academic performance; The school's record in gender equity.

Focuses on the Rutgers 1000, a group of alumni, faculty members and students involved in the maintenance of major athletics programs, formed by William C. Dowling, a professor at Rutgers University in New Brunswick, New Jersey. Appointment of Robert Mulcahy as the university's athletics director; Relationship between academics and athletics.

States that the regulations of the National College Athletics Association (NCAA) may be violating the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890. The NCAA being scrutinized because it is becoming more commercial; Rules that may be vulnerable to antitrust laws; Limits on the number of athletic scholarships; The $2,000 per season wage limit of athletes; Limits on the size of coaching staffs.

Reports on the efforts of colleges to change the National Collegiate Athletic Association's rules regarding gender equality and sports scholarships in 1998. Involvement of Deborah L. Brake, senior counsel to the National Women's Law Center; Focus of the debate on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; How colleges in the United States attempted to comply to the amendment.

Presents an article on Franklin Pierce College in Rindge, New Hampshire. The school's winning of the National Collegiate Athletic Association's Division II championship four years in a row; Controversial strategy of recruiting top soccer players from northern Europe; Criticism; Advantages of having a school with a successful sports program; Mention of the players on the team.

Discusses the National Association of Intercollegiate Athletics' Division Tournament II which is held annually in Nampa, Idaho. Examples of colleges that are represented; Decision to move the competition to the Idaho Center; Comments by members of the basketball audience.

Reports on the recommendation by Donna E. Shalala, United States Secretary of Health and Human Services, that voluntary restrictions on beer-and-wine advertisements be adopted by members of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). Comments by Cedric W. Dempsey, executive director of the NCAA; Comments by Shalala regarding Title IX and other topics; Other news from the 92nd annual convention of the NCAA.

Discusses how college administrators are reevaluating the relationship between college athletics programs and the alcoholic-beverage industry. The example of McKinley Boston, a vice-president of student development at University of Minnesota-Twin Cities; His charge that the school participates in contracts with breweries allowing use of the school mascot in the company's advertising and the installation of signs in the university's athletic arena.

Focuses on Division III, the lowest level of competition sponsored by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA). How the division compares to the more widely recognized Division I; Differences in how the divisions handle athletes and education.

Examines guidelines released by the U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission regarding equal pay for male and female college-level coaches. Comments from Ellen J. Vargyas, legal counsel to the commission; The Equal Pay Act and Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, from which the guidelines were derived; Salary figures, according to a survey conducted by the magazine; Hypothetical examples in the guidelines; The commission's dismissal of going rates in the marketplace as a guideline.

Explains the resignation of M. Joseph Roberson from the position of director of athletics at the University of Michigan. Michigan's program as one of the largest and most financially successful programs in the United States; Roberson's conviction that the balance between educating athletes and entertaining the public is dangerously out of balance; Controversies during his tenure in the position and the resultant stress of the job.

Focuses on challenges facing Division I-AA college football teams in the United States. Why Division I-AA teams risk athletic humiliation playing against Division I-A teams; The role of funding for athletics; Issue of image and stability; Issue of the cost of doing business.

Reports on the controversy surrounding the possibility of having a national championship postseason playoff between the top two National Collegiate Athletic Association Division (NCAA) I-A football teams. Debate by the Bowl Alliance; Why the prospect is unsettling to several disparate factions within the NCAA.

Reports that the US Department of Education is conducting a nationwide investigation to determine whether college athletes are fraudulently obtaining student aid. An initial review of awards made to athletes at Mississippi State University; How Title IV of the Higher Education Act governs most federal student aid; Awarding of Title IV funds.

Reports on the problems between the rules governing the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) and the guidelines on Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972. Title IX as it governs sports-related aid to female college students; NCAA's distinction between head count and equivalency; Attempts made by colleges to follow Title IX.

Anticipates the US Supreme Court's decision on whether it will hear the Brown versus Cohen debate, litigation on gender equality in athletics. The history of the case, involving Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island and female athletes; Why the Supreme Court should hear the case; Previous legislation.

Presents the results of a survey regarding women athletes in Division I National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) sports in the 1995-96 academic year. The percentage of those who compete in top collegiate sports programs who are women; How the statistics have changed since passage of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972; The survey conducted by `The Chronicle of Higher Education'; Release of the information under the Equity in Athletics Disclosure Act.

Celebrates men's college ice hockey. How the sport is growing and may be on the verge of breaking through to larger audiences; The sport's raucous charm; Who the sport appeals to; Comments from college sport officials; How hockey players compare to other athletes.

Reports that the Patriot League announced in December 1996 that it will allow its members to award basketball scholarships. The seven institutions that make up the league; The two principles that guided the league; How the College of the Holy Cross forced the other colleges of the league into the decision; The history of the league.Comments on the decision, such as those from William D. Adams from Bucknell University.

Reports on a November 1996 federal appeals court ruling which found that Brown University had discriminated against female athletes by eliminating two women's sport teams in 1991. The relevance of Title IX of the Education Amendments of 1972 to the finding by the US Court of Appeals for the First District; History of the case; Whether the university will take their case to the US Supreme Court.

Looks at the salaries given to well-known coaches and athletic directors in the United States. The $1-million annual salary earned by University of Florida head football coach Steve Spurrier; Other coaches with high salaries; The moral and ethical questions raised by coaches who make substantially more than college presidents; Criticisms of the current situation; Proposed reforms.

States that a comparison of spending on men's and women's athletic programs reveals that colleges devote an overwhelming proportion of their athletic budgets go to men's programs. Data from athletics programs in the Big 12 football conference; Proposed reasons for the disparity in budget allocations; Proposed solutions. INSET: Men's and women's athletics in the Big 12 Conference, 1995-96.

Looks at the profitability of college sports programs. The findings of Notre dame economist Richard G. Sheehan that a few programs are successful, but many are paupers; His book `Keeping Score: The Economics of Big-Time Sports'; Impact of alumni giving on profitability; Other insights from Sheehan.

Focuses on students who were denied athletics scholarships in 1996 because of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) rules. Students who took English courses toward the NCAA's requirements that were not certified by the association's academic clearing-house; Types of athletes hurt by the NCAA's rule that went into effect in 1996; Examples of students Kelly Cherwien, Winny Brodt and Emily Sickels; Difficulties of NCAA certification for high schools.

Discusses the decision of John D. Swofford, athletics director at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, after a soccer player was hospitalized for alcohol poisoning. The player's presence at a party for the soccer team; Details of the decision; Alcohol Study at the Harvard University School of Public Health; Thoughts on alcohol consumption of athletes.

Looks at criticism which the University of Wisconsin at Madison has received for a lucrative agreement with sports-shoe maker Reebok. The deal to furnish the university's varsity sports team with footwear, uniforms, and warm-up clothing; Criticism over role of child or slave labor in assembling the shoes in developing countries; Other universities which have agreements either with Nike or Reebok; Efforts by Reebok and the university to fix the public-relations problem.