This is NUBB and various other socks of fame:
Student Athletes, Classrooms & the digital age
I recently heard on the radio that student athletes at a certain Big 12 school (which I won't name because this is unconfirmed--but their initials are KSU) take all their classes on-line.
Back in the day, besides walking 2 miles up hill in waist deep snow, to and from campus, we actually attended class, in an actual room in a building on campus with a live teacher (or at least a TA).
The exception was the Keller Psyc class that was just a serious of quizes you could take over and over until you guessed right--even those were administered on a special computer lab exclusive to Keller Psyc class guessers/students.
Today, some high schoolers have earned 30-50 hours of college credit before they ever set foot on campus.
I'd hate to think that this is the trend for all athletes. It seems like they are missing out on valuable learning that gets done in the unique enviroment called the college classroom.
I hear Bo drops in to class from time to time so I am guessing NU isn't following KSU on this one.
No K-State athlete WILL ever step into a classroom again. Ever.