The UNC fake class investigation and the ‘myth’ of the student-athlete
Posted Oct 24, 2014
Student-athletes gliding through school unencumbered by academic rigor is an issue often reported, but one that persists at numerous institutions. It represents another way that universities take advantage of their student-athletes. Not only are athletes forbidden from profiting from the lucrative sports in which they participate, but they’re sometimes guided into courses that don’t prepare them for a life outside sports.
(Washington Post)
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