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It’s pretty common these days at larger state institutions. I know GT has lost recruits in non revenue sports to schools like Texas A&M because all classes were online. This gives the “Student”-Athlete more opportunity to train, etc. Can’t do that at GT.
Have a kid at A&M. He had to take Biology as an online class this semester (labs in person). When you have 62k undergrads on campus, it’s hard to find some general classes that fit in the schedule with class space. Total online isn’t the norm, but I bet you could take a lot of hours that way. Makes sense that athletic departments are using that as a selling point to athletes.
 
Have a kid at A&M. He had to take Biology as an online class this semester (labs in person). When you have 62k undergrads on campus, it’s hard to find some general classes that fit in the schedule with class space. Total online isn’t the norm, but I bet you could take a lot of hours that way. Makes sense that athletic departments are using that as a selling point to athletes.

Last online class I had, which was over 10 years ago, had a lot of room for scholastic dishonesty.

Last IT cert I took online, only because there wasn’t an in person option until about a month out, was super stressful, lots of rules and they had a proctor that was viewing you the whole time.

I wonder how a lot of these online courses are proctored, but I’m sure a lot of these social science courses that were taken could probably be aced based on the instructors PowerPoints and maybe a 3 page paper or two.
 
Universities are basically just giving free degrees to athletes as a perk now. As an employer, would you believe that a former Colorado football player actually got a college education?

I think Tech should just quit this whole corrupt and debased NCAA system

Give us REAL students, REAL student athletes, REAL college athletics
 
I heard they are going to change the name of the school to The Sanders University.
Emphasis on the The.
 
Illegal to grasp, pull, or lift a ball carrier to aid his progress. But I like the thinking.

"The ball carrier shall not grasp a teammate; and no other teammate shall grasp, pull, or lift the ball carrier to assist in forward progress. (A.R. 9-3-2-I)"
He’s not the ball carrier until he has possession, so you could fling him and hope for a mid-air reception.
 
Universities are basically just giving free degrees to athletes as a perk now. As an employer, would you believe that a former Colorado football player actually got a college education?

I think Tech should just quit this whole corrupt and debased NCAA system

Give us REAL students, REAL student athletes, REAL college athletics
In 1934 my grandma got an honorary degree from USC bc she won a Gold medal in the 1932 Olympics in LA... this has been going on a while
 
FWIW, I don't really have a problem with online learning. You can learn almost anything from online resources if they are made available cheap or free. I had expected a long time ago that most education would occur online which is why I'm befuddled by the extraordinary expense for most to get a degree. But that takes us down the rabbit hole of the racket that is "higher education".

You could learn most career fields or complete most degrees for zero added expense to the system. Just put the material up on a video hosting platform and make it open source. If you want the degree, there should be required in person testing which you would pay for.

I'd be surprised if the University of Colorado requires in-person, independent proctored testing for it's student athletes to get their degree.
 
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