May 2, 2003

Sports as the University's 'Front Porch'? The Public Is Skeptical

By WELCH SUGGS

Colleges are compromising themselves for the sake of their sports teams, most

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Americans believe.

More than three-quarters of respondents to The Chronicle's Survey of Public Opinion on Higher Education said that athletes "are not held to the same academic performance standards as

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