Many of the players seem to cluster in the rather mysterious Humanities and General Studies field (UD has clicked around on the Drexel site, and can’t find a simple listing of courses for this major). These two guys, for instance, are HGS majors.
Whatever these two are learning, their major is clearly not educating them in some important basics.
Security cameras, for instance. They don’t seem to know about security cameras. Where cameras tend to be located. How they work.
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July 26th, 2010 at 12:13PM
I have taught at Drexel. I have taught basketball players a Drexel. I have failed basketball players at Drexel. I no longer work at Drexel.
Drexel University has, in general, a good reputation. Yet, some of their departments are staffed almost entirely by adjunct employees who can be “not rehired” from quarter to quarter.
Does this provide some interesting background?
Re: their majors. I suspect they are what is called “undeclared” in other schools. But, see, Drexel has some rather strong engineering programs, so that undeclared/major probably makes sure they stay in the high-adjunct, low-quality part of the school.
[For instance, I was told to “make class fun” and “let everyone out early” when I took the job. Needless to say, with only 10-11 weeks of class, I never let anyone out early and I often didn’t make it fun enough. Shoulda used PowerPoint, dammit!]
July 26th, 2010 at 3:01PM
Apparently Drexel does not spend a disproportionate amount of money on academics. It’s a fine line between too much emphasis on academics and not enough emphasis. It takes talented leadership at the top to know where this line is. The University of Louisiana Monroe has spent too much on academics and Drexel not enough. This is why a good university president is worth many hundreds of thousands of dollars a year. A lot of presidents are woefully underpaid.
July 26th, 2010 at 5:36PM
Gosh. I’m old enough to remember when Drexel was an elite and selective engineering college. When the hell did that change? And who, exactly, decided that what this country really needs is less engineering and more basketball?
July 27th, 2010 at 7:45AM
We have here a tragic failure of the sports boosters of Drexel to slip enough cash to these players to restrain their criminal impulses.