The New Arms Race: Are We Funding College Athletics at the Expense of Academics?

Friends for Free Speech & Intellectual Diversity at Duke (“Friends for Duke”) and the Duke Civil Discourse Project presents a “civil” discussion on:

THE NEW ARMS RACE: ARE WE FUNDING COLLEGE ATHLETICS AT THE EXPENSE OF ACADEMICS?

WITH PANELISTS

• JAY BILAS (T’86, Law’92) – Lead college basketball analyst for ESPN
• KEVIN WHITE – Renowned former athletic director at Duke, Notre Dame, Arizona State, Tulane, Maine, and Loras College
• DORIANE LAMBELET COLEMAN – Thomas L. Perkins Distinguished Professor Law, Chair of Duke’s Athletic Council, Co-Director of Duke’s Center for Sports Law and Policy;
• PETER FEAVER – Professor of Political Science and Public Policy, Director of Duke’s Program in American Grand Strategy, Chair of the “Academic Success” subcommittee on President’s Task Force evaluating athletics at Duke; and
• MILLIE MUIR (T’25, MMS’26) – Duke Volleyball team captain, all ACC academic team, Duke Presidential Ambassador, Duke representative to the 2025-26 ACC Student Athletic Advisory Committee.

Moderator

SUE WASIOLEK (T’76, M.H.A.’78, LL.M’93) – “Dean Sue” is an Adjunct Professor in Duke’s Civil Discourse Project and former Associate Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students at Duke.

Panelists’ and Moderator’s books available for Purchase and Autographing in the lobby following the Program

• Bilas – “Toughness” – Developing True Strength On and Off the Court (2013)
• White – “The Good Sport” – Reflections on a Full Life in College Sports (2025)
• Coleman – “On Sex and Gender” – A Commonsense Approach (2024)
• Feaver – “Thanks for Your Service” – The Causes and Consequences of Public Confidence in the US Military (2023)
• Wasiolek – “Getting the Best Out of College” (with Peter Feaver and Ann Crossman) (2008)