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Because of their membership structures, the National Collegiate Athletic Association and the Knight Commission have too much vested interest to reform college athletics. Only the faculty community, through action on campus and in national associations, can bring permanent reform to intercollegiate athletics. (MSE)

Big-time intercollegiate athletics has become College Sports Inc., a huge entertainment conglomerate with operating methods and objectives totally separate from, and often opposed to, the educational aims of the schools housing its franchises. This article dispels prevailing myths and seeks a new role definition for intercollegiate athletics within the university. (MLH)

Some entrepreneurial practices and perquisites considered ordinary and legitimate by most coaches are usually forbidden to other members of the university community and abuse the coaches' relationship with the institution. Most institutions are reluctant to place any limitations on such activities and benefits. (MSE)

Byline: MURRAY SPERBER During my 40 years of college teaching, one of the saddest sights I encountered occurred every June. Walking down a corridor of faculty offices, I would spot [...]

Byline: MURRAY SPERBER I taught my first college class in 1964, at College of the Holy Names, now Holy Names University, in Oakland, Calif. I knew almost nothing about teaching, [...]

INDIANA UNIVERSITY has decided to keep Bob Knight as its men's basketball coach. Sadly, his saga--and what has become my own small role in it--will continue. In the past, I [...]

The author discusses means of improving undergraduate programs at universities by making all course work similar to honors programs and removing the lecture-course format. Universities would need to change their admissions standards since, the author believes, far too many students are accepted who do not meet university-level academic requirements. The author also believes that faculty members should be hired for teaching and not for researching.