About the Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics

Information on the Knight Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics,
including downloadable reports, meeting podcasts, biographies and
pictures of Knight Commission members can be found on
www.knightcommission.org.

The Knight Foundation Commission on Intercollegiate Athletics was 
formed by the John S. and James L. Knight Foundation in October 
1989 in response to more than a decade of highly visible scandals 
in college sports. The goal of the commission was to study and 
report on reform efforts that recognize and emphasize academic 
values in a climate in which commercialization of college sports 
often overshadowed the underlying goals of higher education.  The 
commission, which presented recommendations in a series of reports 
in the early 1990s and in the subsequent A Call to Action in 2001, 
continues to monitor and report on progress in increasing 
presidential control, academic integrity, financial integrity and 
independent certification of athletics programs.