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SpuytenDuyvil76
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Date Posted: 15:44:01 02/15/26 Sun
Responding to observer and sparman.
To observer: my point is that the U.S. model of supporting big time sports is unique. This anomaly exists nowhere else, so you don't need it to support higher education, as shown by the rest of the advanced world. That being said, I am a sucker for this very same system of a) building alumni support, and b) using sports as a prominent draw to keep alumni and prospective students' interest. I'm an unabashed Lion fan. I am sure to make donations directed to both sports and the college academic fund.
As stated before, I'm also concerned about the increasing prevalence of international recruited athletes in pursuit of championships. While it speaks to the high regard in which the U.S. system is held by these obviously talented individuals, it takes away from both the incredibly precious few admissions slots for U.S. kids at the Ivy level elite institutions, and also spots for local kids at state schools (i.e., Michigan, UCLA, Berkley, Wisconsin, Texas, etc.) one of whose main missions is the education of students from their states.
To sparman: not sure of the intent of the question, but when looking at schools way back when, I wasn't at all contemplating D1 athletics. That didn't enter into it. I was beguiled by the notion of the Core Curriculum and Humanities on offer, and Columbia College did not disappoint. Small classes, taught by full-time faculty, often full professors, world class acknowledged experts. For me, big time, indeed.
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