Report: Sports success doesn’t always mean more alumni donations
In a recent report, the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics found that a college’s success in sports does not necessarily lead to an increase in alumni donations or a better pool of potential students. These findings contradict the idea that winning sports programs benefit the university community at large. According to the Knight Foundation Web site (www.knightfdn.org), the study recommends that major universities should agree to a mutual reduction in spending for sports programs as a way to conserve precious funds while preserving each college’s comparative advantage in sports.

U. of Phoenix branching into Mexico
Mexican students who now come to Texas or New Mexico to attend classes at University of Phoenix campuses will be able to attend school closer to home early in 2005. The Mexican state of Chihuahua has approved the university’s plans to operate programs within that state, beginning with small learning centers located at established universities in Chihuahua. The university, which typically serves older, working students, currently enrolls about 200,000 students in the United States, Canada and online.