Tutoring the jocks in luxury at U. of Illinois: "CHAMPAIGN, Ill. (AP) -- At the University of Illinois, being an athlete gets you access to a $6 million facility with oversized leather chairs and Oriental rugs.
But it's not a fancy country club - it's a tutoring center.
The Irwin Academic Services Center helps only about 550 of the school's 37,000 students. And places like this in schools across the country leave critics fuming."
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The longer I spend in academia the more convinced I am that intercollegiate sports are on balance an overwhelmingly negative influence on higher education.
Me, too. One problem with these athletic tutoring centers is that the tutors answer to the athletic staff . . . which means the tutors face enormous pressure to make sure that the athletes get decent grades. Each of these centers is a scandal waiting to happen.
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