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Report Finds Major League Baseball Lacks Racial, Gender Diversity

A new report shows that Major League Baseball has work to do when it comes to hiring a mix of races and genders. The 2017 Major League Baseball Racial and Gender Report Card, authored by Richard Lapchick, director of the University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, gave MLB a B grade for racial hiring practices…

UCF’s Lapchick Joined Pope Francis at Vatican Conference on Sport, Humanity

Richard Lapchick, a UCF eminent scholar and endowed chair known internationally as the “racial conscience of sport,” was among the 150 global delegates invited to…

Lapchick to Receive Harvard Behavioral Health Award

Richard Lapchick, director of UCF’s DeVos Sport Business Management program, will be honored Friday by Harvard Medical School and the Dana-Farber Cancer Center with the…

The Failure of College Sport as an Equal Opportunity Employer

As someone who has worked for institutions of higher education for more than four decades, it is especially embarrassing for me that colleges have the…

Racial Gap Persists in March Madness Teams’ Graduation Rates

The gap in graduation rates between white and black men’s college basketball student-athletes remains nearly 25 percent for the teams competing in the NCAA basketball…

Stanford, UCF Top BCS Teams in the Classroom

The University of Central Florida has the second-highest graduation rate for football players out of the 10 teams competing in the Bowl Championship Series. UCF’s…

Equality Pioneers: UCF’s Richard Lapchick, Jackie Robinson’s Daughter

Richard Lapchick, chair of UCF’s DeVos Sport Business Management Program, was honored Friday by the National Association of Black Journalists for being an equality pacesetter…

NASCAR Driver Seeking ‘Chance for Redemption’ With UCF’s Lapchick

Orlando Sentinel columnist George Diaz profiled NASCAR’s long relationship with Lapchick in Monday’s edition. Lapchick leads UCF’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport, which…

UCF Football Among Best Bowl Teams in Classroom

The University of Central Florida football team’s success in the classroom ranks among the best out of the 70 programs competing in bowl games this…

NBA Tops For Racial Diversity

The University of Central Florida’s Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport awarded the NBA an A+ for racial hiring practices, an A- for gender…

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