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Topic: Academic integrity

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Alan Swank
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Academic integrity

Posted: 10/23/2014 9:24:23 AM

Very interesting video:

http://espn.go.com/college-sports/story/_/id/11745036/nor...

Bobcatbob
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/23/2014 3:45:23 PM

Lack of institutional control?

Death penalty?

Summary dismissals?

Years of results/championships forfeited?

Coaches have plausible deniability?

This one has it all and we're only getting started.

rpbobcat
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/24/2014 7:15:38 AM

Bobcatbob wrote:

UNC may have a bigger problem to deal with then athletics.
According to articles out here,over half the students involved in the "Shadow Curriculum" were non-athletes ,so now they're looking into the "academic integrity" of the institution.

Bcat2
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/24/2014 7:39:14 AM

rpbobcat wrote:

Bobcatbob wrote:

Right now there are, let me call them, admin/academics at other institutions sweating bullets waiting for the light to turn their way. We are used to athletic departments self-reporting which we eventually hear about. These type of academic situations will quietly be swept under a rug.

"Do not pray for easy lives. Pray to be stronger men." JFK

Speaker of Truth
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/24/2014 1:10:34 PM

UNC certainly took it too far with these classes, but every school has classes that are a huge joke. I'm sure we can all recall some at OU that are borderline. Obviously not as bad as these classes, but joke classes are certainly on every campus.

Last Edited: 10/28/2014 10:01:24 AM by Speaker of Truth

bobcatsquared
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/24/2014 1:15:21 PM

I still fondly recall my 1-credit bowling class in the old Baker Center. I sprained my ankle that quarter playing basketball, so I spent each class just keeping score with a pitcher of beer.

OhioCatFan
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 10/24/2014 11:00:04 PM

I've heard that there are similar cases ready to "pop" at several other institutions of higher learning.

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Jeff McKinney
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 11/1/2014 8:04:24 PM

Any of y'all remember "Parliamentary Procedure"? : )

RSBobcat
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 11/2/2014 10:18:06 PM

Or remember "Consumer Electronics". I took it Winter or Spring Qtr '78. The curriculum essentially was how to hook up components and make your stereo work (turntable, amp, tuner, speakers). It was an athlete friend in fact who told me about the class. Lot of really big and tall dudes in the class......

RS Bobcat

rpbobcat
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 11/3/2014 6:55:47 AM

Jeff McKinney wrote:

Any of y'all remember "Parliamentary Procedure"? : )

According to an article in The Post a couple of weeks ago,the Student Senate is thinking about getting rid of "Robert's Rules of Order" because no one seems to understand them.

Maybe O.U. should bring this class back.

Deciduous Forest Cat
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RE: Academic integrity

Posted: 11/3/2014 11:28:03 AM

While there are certainly some very easy courses out there, there is a difference between an easy class that at least requires minimal work and study, and a fake class that exists in name only and is a guaranteed A for a money sport athlete.

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