In BCS, Boston College Is Tops Academically
For those of you who still believe the grades of student athletes should count for something, here's a Bowl Championship Series ranking for you. Higher Ed Watch took the top 25 schools in the BCS and rearranged them based on the football team's academic performance.
The top five in the academic rankings (followed by BCS ranking):
1. Boston College (24)
2. Northwestern (23)
3. Penn State (8)
4. Cincinnati (12)
5. Ball State (22)
The bottom five:
25. Oregon (17)
24. Texas (3)
23. Michigan State (18)
22. Georgia Tech (14)
21. Florida (2)
Sort of damning. And who would have thought that Penn State was the place to go for both academic rigor and sports domination?
Compare the rest of the schools to the NCAA BCS standings (and get a more detailed methodology).
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Even More Meaningless is Your Response
If you look at the top five schools, they are as whole better academically then the bottom five schools. So getting a higher GPA at one of those institutions is even more impressive. All this shows is that the support of athletes in the classroom is better at the top five schools. And don't tell me that Geogria Tech doesn't have "Jock Classes" because I went there for a year and trust me they do. It is just as hard, if not harder, to achieve a 3.0 at a place like Northwestern or BC as it is a Georgia Tech.
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The fact that a school is easy academically, and therefore the students get good grades,does not mean that it is a top school academically.
It may very well be that your rankings are reversed. If the athletes are doing well in school, with all of the time demands that they have, it tells me that the school is NOT very challenging.
Futher, a school like Georgia Tech is not a university, and does not have "jock majors."
You obtain hits on your website with articles like this, but you lose credibility with people who are not shallow thinkers. I guess we just defined your target market.
Upside Down
The fact that a school is easy academically, and therefore the students get good grades,does not mean that it is a top school academically.
It may very well be that your rankings are reversed. If the athletes are doing well in school, with all of the time demands that they have, it tells me that the school is NOT very challenging.
Futher, a school like Georgia Tech is not a university, and does not have "jock majors."
You obtain hits on your website with articles like this, but you lose credibility with people who are not shallow thinkers. I guess we just defined your target market.
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