Auburn investigation

[BigDFan5]

hmm, universities leftist. maybe that is because they full of educated people.

The reason they are more lft is because hey hire people who agree with their own politics. Past polls and trends show that college Grads favor the republican party in elections. Non high school grads favor Dems. If you add in persons trying for post grad study then it evens out and becomes a tie

 

[AbeBeta]

The reason they are more lft is because hey hire people who agree with their own politics. Past polls and trends show that college Grads favor the republican party in elections. Non high school grads favor Dems

University hiring has nothing to do with politics -- that stuff never EVER comes up in interviews and it pretty much is a taboo topic to even mention in a job interview. most universities have very explicit policies that forbid discussing pretty much any personal beliefs or background unless the applicant brings it up. for example, you wouldn't even be able to ask an applicant "do you have kids?" So how on earth, in an interview that is, at the longest two days, is a university hiring committee ever going to get a sense of a person's politics? Hiring is based on a handful of things -- most prominently the quality of someone's research -- there are very few fields where your research would give any indication at all of your political beliefs.

and university faculty are not just college graduates -- most have doctoral degrees (or in fields where there is no doctoral, an M.A.). that's a good bit more education than a college graduate

 

[ghst187]

hmm, universities leftist. maybe that is because they full of educated people.

and I think that offering opportunites, often to underpriviledged kids, to get an education b/c they can play sports does help level the playing field in many ways.

also, I've told you before -- use the freaking enter key and write in paragraphs so folks can actually read what the hell you are writing.

I attribute the university leftism to not actually ever leaving the academic ivory towers which is the case for the vast majority of professors. A lot of ideas sound great and make perfect sense, they just don't always work out the way they were supposed to.

I certainly was one of the underpriv'ed kids that made his way through playing sports. What I meant by "leveling the field" what to even out the distribution of athletic program revenues both A) across the NCAA to other schools and B) across the individual school itself instead of pouring all the football revenues back into the the football program, give some to the library or something. (I know most schools do this but it could be better.) And certainly I agree that sports is an important way for many to better their lives, I just don't like all the illegal monies/incentives that change hands in the process, mostly perpetrated and pushed by OVERprivileged boosters.

enter key? what's that? ok, thanks dad.
I didn't think anyone read what I typed anyway.

 

[jimmy40]

Well, I think it should be Utah. OU lost in the bowl that year, I believe. Utah didn't so yeah, I think it should be Utah.

And Utah didn't quit in the middle of their game.

 

[jimmy40]

This is why college athletes need to be paid!

They aren't? I see A&M players walking around wearing jewelry that's worth more than the towns they grew up in. I'm sure it's the same in other college towns.