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In College Sports, the Power Five May Become the Power Two
So improvisation has all but become a sanctioned sport at conference offices. The Big 12 has moved to add schools such as Cincinnati and Central Florida. Many around the A.C.C., the only Power 5 conference whose membership has been unaffected by this round of realignment, hope to conjure a renegotiation of a television deal that […]
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U.C.L.A. and U.S.C. Are Expected to Leave the Pac-12 for the Big Ten
In recent years, as the Pac-12’s fortunes have waned in football — and as the league was hamstrung by a television deal that pays its schools tens of millions of dollars less per year than the Big Ten’s contract — schools like Alabama, Ohio State, Georgia and Clemson have regularly mined Southern California for elite […]
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UCLA Wants to Hire an Adjunct. But the Pay Is Zero.
The job posting for an assistant adjunct professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, set high expectations for candidates: A Ph.D. in chemistry or biochemistry, a strong teaching record at the college level, and three to five letters of recommendation. But there was a catch: The job would be on a “without salary basis,” […]
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March Madness: St. Peter’s Beats Purdue to Reach the Elite 8
PHILADELPHIA — Time isn’t up for the biggest underdog of the N.C.A.A. men’s tournament just yet. Tiny St. Peter’s University is alive and well and moving on to the final eight of the N.C.A.A. tournament after slaying yet another basketball powerhouse. Playing inspired defense and without any fear, the No. 15 seed Peacocks stunned No. […]
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