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About Us
The Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sport (TIDES) serves as a comprehensive resource for issues related to gender and race in amateur, collegiate, and professional sports and the media. The Institute researches and publishes a variety of studies, including the annual studies of student-athlete graduation rates and racial attitudes in sports, as well as the internationally recognized Racial and Gender Report Card, an assessment of racial and gender hiring practices in amateur, collegiate, and professional sports and the sport media. The Institute also monitors some of the critical ethical issues in college and professional sport, including the potential for exploitation of student-athletes, gambling, performance-enhancing drugs, and violence in sport. TIDES offers consulting services for racial and gender hiring practices including researching and creating a Racial and Gender Report Card for individual sports teams, leagues, conferences and other organizations seeking our expertise and support.
Latest TIDES Publication
Keeping the Score When It Counts — Assessing the Academic Records of the 2024-2025 Bowl-Bound College Football Teams
The term “Bowl Bound” alludes to the idea of a college football team being eligible for, and thus continuing its season through, a bowl game. In a given year, a college football team will become eligible for a bowl game upon its winning six games in their season. Bowl games are then assigned to each college/university following the regular season’s conclusion.
This annual report—now on its 22nd year—takes note of all bowl-eligible college football teams, and then looks upon their respective college/university through the lens of academic achievement. That is to say, this report assesses the academic progress of the currently notable college football programs.
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