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Session 1 – Welcome and Opening Remarks
Session 3 – New Era, New Rules: Changing the Academic Playbook for College Athletes
Session 4 – National Awards Ceremony
Session 5 – Fireside Chat: House Settlement/Title IX/Olympic Sports
Session 6 – Beyond the Game: Prioritizing College Athlete Mental and Physical Health
Biographical Information on All Panelists – by Session
Official 2025 Symposium Program
RECOMMENDED RESOURCES
Opening Remarks
- Hill, Ed. (March 27, 2024) “Davis Receives Award for Leading Howard University Athletics.” The Washington Informer.
- McPherson, Dana and Sanders, Larry J. (December 12,2023) “Insights with AD Kery Davis: The Importance of Providing a Platform to Showcase HBCUs and Highlighting the Excellence of Howard University Athletics.” The Dig.
- Sommer, Julie. (April 10, 2024) “As Sports Betting Explodes, College Athletes Must be Protected.” Sportico.
Panel One: “Charting the New Landscape of College Sports: Education, Equity, and Commerce Post House v. NCAA” — 9:15am-10:15am
- Dellenger, Ross. (April 8, 2025) “NCAA’s House settlement ruling not over finish line yet; here are the judge’s remaining sticking points” Yahoo!Sports.com
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (November 21, 2024) Webinar #42 – Athlete Compensation, Organizing, and Employee Status in College Sport. What is the Path Forward?
- The Drake Group. (July, 2024) “The Drake Group Releases Congressional Briefing Paper and Calls for the Establishment of a Presidential Commission to Examine the Conduct of College Athletics”
- The Drake Group. (March, 2025) “The Drake Group Report: An Analysis of Objections to the Proposed Settlement of College Athlete NIL Litigation (aka House/Carter v. NCAA and Power Five conferences)”
- The Drake Group. (December, 2023) Fair and Equitable Governance Framework for College Athletes.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (November 16, 2023) Webinar #29: Collegiate Athletics Reform Bills Being Considered by Congress.
Panel Two: “New Era, New Rules: Changing the Academic Playbook” for College Athletes – 10:30am-11:30am
- Shropshire, Kenneth L. and Williams, Collin D. (2017) The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports. Wharton School Press.
- Gurney, Gerald S. (2035) The Cost of Winning: An Insider’s Perspective on Exploitation and Greed in College Sports. Rowan and Littlefield.
- Ridpath, B. David. (2018) Alternative Models of Sports Development in America. Ohio University Press.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (February 20, 2025) Webinar #45— Improving Graduation Rates of Division I Basketball and Football Players – Whose Responsibility and What Strategies Work?
- Lopiano, Donna, Willingham, Mary, Pierpont, Wendy, Jackson, Jennifer, Blade, Janet, Rubin, Lisa M., Collins, Phyllis, Gill, Emmett, Smith, Bruce, and Cole, Brendan. (2024) “Improving Academic Outcomes in NCAA Division I Revenue Sports and HBCU Limited Resource Athletic Programs.” The Drake Group Education Fund.
Awards Ceremony – 2025 National Public Service Award
- U.S. Government Accountability Office. (April 9, 2024) “College Athletics: Education Should Improve It Title IX Enforcement Efforts.”
- Lopiano, Donna., Zimbalist, Andrew, Sommer, Julie, and Hughes, David C. (August, 2024) “The Drake Group Position Statement: Title IX Athletics: Solving the Problem of Lack of Enforcement by the Department of Education Office for Civil Rights”
Awards Ceremony – 2025 Making a Difference Award
- Sullivan, Tara. (January 21, 2024) “Those around Women’s Beanpot thrilled with title game to be played at TD Garden”
- NBC Boston. (January 24, 2024) “History in the Making: Women’ Beanpot Championship Being Played at TD Garden”
Awards Ceremony – 2025 Student Journalism Prize for Investigative Reporting in Intercollegiate Athletics
- Walker, Carnathan, Yao, Vivian, and McKeown, Sean. (December 9, 2024) “I don’t feel safe’: Penn track and field program accused pf sexual harassment, mistreatment. The Daily Pennsylvanian
Fireside Chat: House Settlement/Title IX/Olympic Sports – 12:45-1:30pm
- Sommer, Julie (May 24, 2023) “Women’s College Sports are Breaking Records. Do NIL Collectives Care?” Sportico.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (October 17, 2024) Webinar 41 – How will the Evolving Landscape of College Athletics Affect the USA Olympic Sports Development System?
Panel Three: Beyond the Game: Prioritizing College Athlete Mental & Physical Health – 1:45-2:45pm
- Dennis Thompson. (April 5, 2024) Suicide Rates Have Doubled in 20 Years Among U.S. College Athletes. HealthDay.
- National Collegiate Athletic Association. (May 2022) NCAA Student-Athlete Well-Being Study (Fall 2021)
- National Collegiate Athletic Association. (2019) Five Themes from the NCAA Goals Study of the Student-Athlete Experience.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (February 15, 2024) Webinar #32: Conference Realignment – What Does It Mean?
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (September 30, 2021) Webinar #3: The Silent Struggle: Experts Speak on College Athletes Mental Health
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (October 1, 2019 ) College Athlete Health and Protection from Physical and Psychological Harm.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (2016) Athletic Governance Organization and Institutional Responsibilities Related to Professional Coaching Conduct.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (October 19, 2023) Webinar #28: What is the Cost of College Athlete Mental Health.
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (September 21, 2023) Webinar #27: Coach Abuse of College Athletes – Is There a Solution?
Panel Four: The Price of Progress: How Changing Economics Will Impact Diversity in Coaching and Administration – 3:00-4:00pm
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (December 12, 2024) Webinar #43 – Political Assaults on DEI Programs: Implications for College Athletics
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (May 16, 2024) Webinar #39 – Women in College Coaching and Administration – The Double Standard
- The Drake Group Education Fund. (2021) A Continuing Disgrace: Intercollegiate Athletics Race Issues.