For all the heightened chatter this year about whether college student-athletes should be paid, Dr. Kenneth Shropshire suggests that making their education a priority is more important than a microscopic focus on financial compensation.

NFL Player Engagement collaborated with Arizona State University (ASU) in conjunction with its new Global Sport Institute to develop this year’s curriculum. The program offers participants an opportunity to gain an in-depth understanding of the financial world, and establish habits that will help maintain long-term financial stability.

In his recent book The Miseducation of the Student Athlete: How to Fix College Sports, Shropshire and his co-author Collin D. Williams argue that “student” has to come first in student-athlete: the focus should be on prioritizing a meaningful education.

Incredibly aware of how to “use the unifying power of sport to make positive impact in the world,” after three decades as a Wharton School of Business and Department of Africana Studies professor, Kenneth Shropshire is taking his talent to Arizona State University.

Arizona State University has recruited a new professor, creating a new faculty position for him to establish a new international sports center at the university.