Post by CrimsonPhantom on Oct 12, 2015 12:43:28 GMT -7
This is a lengthy article but a good one to read. After reading this makes you wonder what went on at UNM.
chronicle.com/article/Missed-Classes-a-Changed/233717/?key=7-YNBH7PP7Ps8eomFs867CdeSBmmFzyz2BbKfKNqVUVXNUpHVmpHZ2l4UWVkTmhNMEFxTEs0bDlUcWZjcjVwb3FQUmQtdVJyZWRZ
Will Collier was in a bind. A few days before Christmas last year, the academic coordinator for men’s basketball at the University of California at Los Angeles learned that a highly touted player might have to sit out the rest of the season because of an inadequate grade.
The Bruins had already lost three star players last year to the National Basketball Association. The latest news would only complicate the challenges for head coach Steve Alford, who was entering his second season.
Mr. Collier, 33, who had just completed his first year on the job, contacted Duane Broussard, an assistant coach and the team’s academic liaison. The player, Mr. Collier explained, had received a C-minus in a communications class but needed a B to participate in team activities. The assistant coach, according to Mr. Collier, proposed a plan: Approach the professor about changing the player’s grade.
That wasn’t the reaction Mr. Collier had expected, not at UCLA, whose storied tradition and reputation for high academic standards he had long revered. When he took the job here, he was aware that the university, like many others, admitted players with academic deficiencies. But he believed that, with the right motivation and support, he could help them succeed.
The Bruins had already lost three star players last year to the National Basketball Association. The latest news would only complicate the challenges for head coach Steve Alford, who was entering his second season.
Mr. Collier, 33, who had just completed his first year on the job, contacted Duane Broussard, an assistant coach and the team’s academic liaison. The player, Mr. Collier explained, had received a C-minus in a communications class but needed a B to participate in team activities. The assistant coach, according to Mr. Collier, proposed a plan: Approach the professor about changing the player’s grade.
That wasn’t the reaction Mr. Collier had expected, not at UCLA, whose storied tradition and reputation for high academic standards he had long revered. When he took the job here, he was aware that the university, like many others, admitted players with academic deficiencies. But he believed that, with the right motivation and support, he could help them succeed.
chronicle.com/article/Missed-Classes-a-Changed/233717/?key=7-YNBH7PP7Ps8eomFs867CdeSBmmFzyz2BbKfKNqVUVXNUpHVmpHZ2l4UWVkTmhNMEFxTEs0bDlUcWZjcjVwb3FQUmQtdVJyZWRZ