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[gilathief]

An interesting link in this morning's NY Times:

Some small American colleges, eager to attract men to increasingly female campuses, have taken notice of how many students like Mr. Bosworth can be lured to attend by adding football teams. Officials at these colleges say football can bring in more tuition-paying students than any other course or

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[alphapythia]

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/13773303/site/newsweek/

[gilathief]

Meant to reply to this sooner. That is a great article! Thanks for sending it.

[shutterbug12]

I think that first article is revolting. I don't know why it's so necessary to "lure" anyone into college. If they're not interested, regardless of their sex, let them remain so. I'm tired of schools, on every level, adding to their athletic programs when they should be enhancing academic programs. Colleges admit too many students as it is; this sort of thing will only add to the excess of students who attend college for reasons other than "higher education." It's great that something like athletics can open the door to an education, but too many students ignore the opportunity and are content with participating in their chosen sport or activity. I believe that individuals who don't wish to attend college to learn or advance their education for their future shouldn't be there.

Sorry if that's too much of a...rant, but I get worked up about the education system.

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[gilathief]

Clearly, I have been working in higher education administration for too long because I didn't even think of that, but you are definitely right for your part. And I wholly agree that there are too many people in colleges who don't want to be there.