Colleges Increasing Spending On Sports Faster Than On Academics, Report Finds

Colleges Increasing Spending On Sports Faster Than On Academics, Report Finds
Connecticut center Amida Brimah celebrates after winning the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game 60-54, against Kentucky Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)
Connecticut center Amida Brimah celebrates after winning the NCAA Final Four tournament college basketball championship game 60-54, against Kentucky Monday, April 7, 2014, in Arlington, Texas. (AP Photo/Charlie Neibergall)

Even as their spending on instruction, research and public service declined or stayed flat, most colleges and universities rapidly increased their spending on sports, according to a report being released Monday by the American Association of University Professors.

“Increasingly, institutions of higher education have lost their focus on the academic activities at the core of their mission,” the association said in its report. “The spending priority accorded to competitive athletics too easily diverts the focus of our institutions from teaching and learning to scandal and excess.”

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