tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post2383922885374028752..comments2023-11-02T09:44:15.693-04:00Comments on The Center for College Affordability and Productivity: Excellence and Exploitation in Intercollegiate AthleticsCenter for College Affordability and Productivityhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18041956958538598371noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-15114908596764512162008-11-25T22:31:00.000-05:002008-11-25T22:31:00.000-05:00Meanwhile, back at the ranch...When I was in High ...Meanwhile, back at the ranch...<BR/><BR/>When I was in High School, we practiced before school and after school. We missed classes on some Fridays if we had to travel a great distance whether it was for football on Friday nights or swim meets on Staturday. I don't know how much it affected my grades.<BR/><BR/>In college, football and basketball players missed what I thought were a lot of classes. Most of them were HPER majors (Health, Physical Education, and Recreation), so I don't think it really mattered much. But the two you cite in your blog are definitely noteworthy.<BR/><BR/>I'm pretty sure one of the guys from the development department referred to HPER majors as HHS majors in one of my previous visits. I may be wrong, but I think they call themselves Health and Human Services majors now - it does sound much better. Kind of like a chrome plated terd. But everybody has a place in life I suppose.<BR/><BR/>An area that has inspired my interest is the speed of the evolution of technology with regard to what is taught in Higher Ed institutions - excluding for profit, on-line studies.<BR/><BR/>Take a number of majors affected by the rapid evolution of technology and innovation. In these cases, what a student learns as a freshman becomes, to an extent, irrelevant. In fact I'm going to send something I received from an in-law that touches on this concept.<BR/><BR/>In closing, this blog and the Coach:President ratios are two very informative blogs.RWWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345147132602206121noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-31670799.post-54716378666566335542008-11-25T15:47:00.000-05:002008-11-25T15:47:00.000-05:00Off topic - I sure would like to know where all th...Off topic - I sure would like to know where all these CEO's running the companies who have received taxpayer bailouts went to school.<BR/><BR/>I wonder if CCAP would be willing to publish this info or advise if it is available and where.<BR/><BR/>Matt - Take Dr. Vedder's advice. If you should meet Kofi Anan while you are in Ghana, and you should happen to shake hands with him - count your fingers.RWWhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16345147132602206121noreply@blogger.com