Comments on: Course Credit For Varsity Athletes? http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346 A computer science student living in a liberal arts major's world. Thu, 02 Sep 2010 23:34:12 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 By: melissa riley http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-1869 melissa riley Sun, 23 May 2010 14:05:27 +0000 http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346#comment-1869 Yeah, great experience,dude! thanks for this great Articles wow, it's very wonderful report. :-D Yeah, great experience,dude! thanks for this great Articles wow, it’s very wonderful report. :-D

]]> By: Dave Mack http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-1511 Dave Mack Sat, 13 Mar 2010 21:41:13 +0000 http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346#comment-1511 As for sports in school, remember that some schools promote themselves via their sports programs. If a school would prefer to to put more weight on their academics onlyt then you get no involment in college or university sports. Its one or the other. So if a school wants to be in the loop they have to do both. Therefore help your student athletes by a lesser academic work load thats all. Extend their school course agenda. As for sports in school, remember that some schools promote themselves via their sports programs. If a school would prefer to to put more weight on their academics onlyt then you get no involment in college or university sports. Its one or the other. So if a school wants to be in the loop they have to do both. Therefore help your student athletes by a lesser academic work load thats all. Extend their school course agenda.

]]> By: Agent Plus Environment http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-1290 Agent Plus Environment Sat, 27 Feb 2010 14:42:27 +0000 http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346#comment-1290 <strong>Varsity athletics: Credit or no?...</strong> It’s a matter of balance Vassar’s varsity athletes may soon receive academic credit for participating in their sports during the school year. This proposal has been in the works for nearly two years, and at long last, folks are voting to ap... Varsity athletics: Credit or no?…

It’s a matter of balance Vassar’s varsity athletes may soon receive academic credit for participating in their sports during the school year. This proposal has been in the works for nearly two years, and at long last, folks are voting to ap…

]]> By: Ayse http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346&cpage=1#comment-1266 Ayse Fri, 26 Feb 2010 18:56:31 +0000 http://blog.carolynworks.com/?p=346#comment-1266 I think that bringing up the issue of time commitment opens up a large can of worms. If the athletics department/ Vassar justifies the decision to give students involved in varsity sports credit because sports are time consuming, it would follow that the school also needs to restructure their entire credit system, and start giving more credits to students in classes with labs and extended field trips over October and Spring breaks. Also, it also seems unfair to privilege the choice of sports as an extracurricular over participation in student government, working on school plays, writing for the Misc, etc., because other activities take up large amounts of one's time (Rocky, anyone?). And as you point out- what exactly is the cut-off point for this idea of time-commitment? On the other hand, I was on a sports team (for a short while) at Vassar my freshman year, and it was taking up so much of my time that my homework was pushed to the wayside- and that was before the competitions even started. Anyway! I enjoyed reading your response to the Misc article and I'm curious to see how this plays out... I think that bringing up the issue of time commitment opens up a large can of worms. If the athletics department/ Vassar justifies the decision to give students involved in varsity sports credit because sports are time consuming, it would follow that the school also needs to restructure their entire credit system, and start giving more credits to students in classes with labs and extended field trips over October and Spring breaks.

Also, it also seems unfair to privilege the choice of sports as an extracurricular over participation in student government, working on school plays, writing for the Misc, etc., because other activities take up large amounts of one’s time (Rocky, anyone?). And as you point out- what exactly is the cut-off point for this idea of time-commitment? On the other hand, I was on a sports team (for a short while) at Vassar my freshman year, and it was taking up so much of my time that my homework was pushed to the wayside- and that was before the competitions even started.

Anyway! I enjoyed reading your response to the Misc article and I’m curious to see how this plays out…

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