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Monday, March 12, 2007

These Numbers Don't Take Into Account
The Intellectual Rigor of Their Courses of Study



[Note: John Bruno won a recent Faculty Award for Distinguished University Service.]



'Just 10 percent of Ohio State's basketball players received degrees at the school, according to a study that examined the freshman classes entering from 1996-99.

Taking into account players who transfer, enter from junior colleges and are graduated late, 38 percent of Buckeyes basketball players earned degrees during that period, Richard Lapchick, director of the University of Central Florida's Institute for Diversity and Ethics in Sports, said Monday.

...John Bruno, Ohio State's faculty representative for athletics, said there had been substantial turnover of staff, support personnel and coaches since Randy Ayers (1990-97) and Jim O'Brien (1998-04) coached the team. Bruno added that player academic support has improved.

"My intent is not to apologize for numbers that I as a faculty member think are not high enough," Bruno said. "We're not happy with these numbers, but we've got programs in place that are going to ensure that those numbers rise over time."'


It's people like Bruno, who know better than to apologize for failing so many people so thoroughly, that make Ohio State the place it is.


---thanks, mike---