PSYC 241 Lecture Notes - Lecture 42: Family Educational Rights And Privacy Act, Big Business
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Little difference in what a university pays to build its athletic program and what it gets back in new revenue. Sports being dropped (which ones are most vulnerable??) Corrupts the university and purpose of sport slowly moving universities away from their original educational focus. Pressure to win can lead to illegal/immoral scandals. Scheduling to fit demands of corporate media education becomes secondary goal. Example university of north carolina (not the only school) Grades changed without authorization pressuring instructors & violations of ferpa. In professional sports, player salaries account for 50-60% of budget. Box 6. 2 thinking about sport read this box. Schools give more money to athletes than to undergraduates with cognitive abilities and accomplishments. Gsr graduation success rates the proportion of a four-year institution"s freshmen who earn a degree within six years (82%*) Coaches sometimes engage in rule-breaking in an effort to win athletic programs tend to lose money.
