September 5, 2008
Spending Plenty So Athletes Can Make the Grade
Colleges build lavish centers to help players hold on to their academic eligibility
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 facilities are as big as 50,000 square feet — the size
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