The University of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa athletics program generated an estimated $752.9 million in economic activity in Hawaiʻi between fiscal years 2023 and 2026, an average of $188.2 million annually, according to a new study highlighting the contributions of Rainbow Warrior and Rainbow Wahine athletics to the state’s economy.
The study, conducted by Collegiate Consulting and funded by private donors, examined the economic impact of UH Mānoa athletics, including spending associated with sporting events, visiting fans and teams, student-athletes, employees, athletic facilities and revenue generated by the program.
The analysis also estimated that athletics-related economic activity supported approximately 1,242 jobs in Hawaiʻi in fiscal year 2025, while generating substantial national and local media exposure for Hawaiʻi.
Collegiate Consulting Completes Divisional Study for Salem University
As a component of Salem University’s announcement to reclassify to NAIA and the River States Conference, Collegiate Consulting completed a divisional feasibility study considering classification options and opportunities for its intercollegiate athletic department.
Deliverables of the study included conference membership options; overall divisional landscape; operating budget and scholarship benchmarking; facility assessment; and competitiveness. In addition, Collegiate Consulting provided rules, requirements and protocol for reclassification.
Collegiate Consulting provided a SWOT Analysis of all options for the athletic program, as well as financial projections.
Turning to academia, the Collegiate Consulting blog looks at how general education is taught to today and where it can improve.
By Robin Capehart
A Three-Step Approach
Almost every college catalog promises the same thing: If you take the general education courses that make up a third of a college degree, you’ll learn how to think critically, solve tough problems, communicate clearly and make good decisions.
Those are great skills and everybody needs them. But in many cases, there is a gap between what colleges promise and what typical general education courses actually deliver.
After media revenue, an environment that sets up opportunities to win is the most important aspect of a conference. Universities need to make sure they are a good fit; measuring key components like financial resources, enrollment and established athletic success. Currently, some programs are nearing their pre-set fall season goals, while others are finding areas for much-needed improvement.
Changes in conferences have highlighted new obstacles like heavy out-of region travel, changes in the quality of play, loss of time-honored rivalries and student-athlete fatigue – not to mention the strain of facility and branding costs to “keep up with the Joneses” of a conference.
Collegiate Consulting’s Feasibility Studies assist in assessing potential hurdles of a new conference and help ensure positive financial and non-financial impacts to your institution and your athletes.
