Conference on College Athletics to be Held at UNC

Posted on Feb. 10, 2009

Athletics and higher education will be discussed at an upcoming conference hosted by the College Sport Research Institute, which recently relocated to UNC, and UNC’s department of exercise and sport science.

The 2009 Scholarly Conference on College Sport will be held April 15-18 at UNC’s William and Ida Friday Center. It will feature one day of keynote speakers and panels on various topics, including “The ‘ESPNification’ of College Sport,” “Special Admit Limbo: How Low Can You Go?” and “The College Sport Arms Race: Is There an End in Sight?”

The event also will offer two days of original research presentations and a case study competition for current students.

Founded in 2007, the College Sport Research Institute’s mission is to encourage and support cross-disciplinary, collaborative college-sport research; serve as a consortium for college-sport researchers from across the U.S.; and disseminate research results to academics, college-sport practitioners, and the general public.

More information on the conference — including event times, locations and speaker announcements — is available online.

Also, in conjunction with the conference, the Tee Off for Tar Heels golf tournament will be held at UNC’s Finley Golf Course. Guests wishing to attend both the tournament and the conference will receive a special discounted rate on each event.

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