September 5, 2008
Rise in Fancy Academic Centers for Athletes Raises Questions of Fairness
More than a dozen programs have added lavish new facilities in recent years, and academic-services budgets are soaring, a Chronicle survey finds.
The facilities arms race in college sports has a new frontier: academic-services buildings.
Over the past decade, a dozen major college programs have built stand-alone academic centers, most of them for the exclusive use of athletes. At least seven more colleges are planning new buildings or major renovations in coming years. Some
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