That's the title of an article in the Wall Street Journal, which I'm sure Corey and kp would like to read. http://www.wsj.com/articles/at-auburn-athletics-and-academics-collide-1440635278
ND <r>I'll read the article later Sid but my first response when I saw the topic was.... <E>:lol:</E></r>
Before reading it I was ready to be "OUTRAGED"... But after reading it, meh. They had 100 students in the major, half were athletes half were regular students. They never said what course work was required, or even implied that it was the "no attendance" scandal like at UNC. Every school has easy majors, when I was at Texas back in the dark ages kids who started with me majoring in Chem, Bio, Engineering, etc would go to the business college after they figured out those majors were too tough for them. Most of them ended up in Marketing, we used to have a saying..romp and play and get a BBA. I have known kids who really weren't good students, didn't graduate in the top 1/2 of their HS class, went to the 2nd Tier State schools here and got degrees in things like Recreational Facilities Management, or something like that but they were good kids who when they graduated ended up with good jobs in sales or something like that and are succeeding in life. With out that degree in even a little known easy major, there were a lot of jobs they couldn't even apply for even though they certainly could do them. So I'm a believer that for a lot of kids, there is value in 4 years of college and meeting the requirements to get your degree. In the end you are a little older, hopefully a little more mature and you have a degree so that when the job listing says college degree required you have that and can apply. So after this long rant, the bottom line is color me unimpressed that Public Administration is some awful embarassment to the academic world.
It would be interesting to know the top majors for athletes at the top 25 football programs in the country. :?:
Ah leave it to Terry to see though the clouds. I see no problem in maintaining a major where 100 people are enrolled. I support Terry's stance 100%.