359: Ken Shropshire Talks DEI and Collegiate Athletics

The CUSP Show

Scott Rosner, Program Director and Professor of Professional Practice welcomes Ken Shropshire, Faculty Director, Wharton Coalition for Equity & Opportunity (Wharton CEO); David W. Hauck Professor Emeritus at the Wharton School & Africana Studies; Senior Advisor to the Dean. Ken talks about what he is doing now, he and Scott’s past at Penn and the players they worked with. He also discusses the work he does with DEI opportunities outside of the sports world. He also discusses the Rooney Rule, and trends of DEI in the NFL. He and Scott also discuss how to fix intercollegiate athletics. Finally, he discusses the importance of the athletes thriving later on in their lives. The CUSP Show is a production by the faculty of Sports Management at Columbia University. You can get in touch with the program on Twitter @CU_SPS_Sports and Instagram @cu_sps_sportsmanagement. The CUSP Show is hosted by Joe Favorito (@Joefav) and Tom Richardson (@ConvergenceTR). The show is produced by Mike Schretter’25 (@mikeschrett1), LJ Holmgren (@LJ_Holmgren), and Danny Hagenlocher (@DhColumbiaSPS), with Jessica Potter’25 and Felipe Velez’25​​ managing social media efforts. Links: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kenneth-shropshire-wharton/