[Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?

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Wayne Price asks:

"IF the University Administration is content with this kind of performance, why hasn't the Board of Regents stepped in?"

The Board of Regents appears to the problem here as well as for other serious problems.  A less political, more educational minded governor might fire them all and then appoint new members knowledgeable about education and the importance to the state of turning out educated persons.

W.
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: Wayne Price 
  To: vision2020 2020 
  Cc: Nicholas Gier 
  Sent: Thursday, June 10, 2010 8:28 AM
  Subject: [Vision2020] Skewed Priorities or Business as Usual?


  This article that is in the Idaho Statesman  raises more questions than it answers. 
  First, why are we keeping a football coach that failed to meet the minimum NCAA Academic Progress Rate?
  The national AVERAGE is 940, passing is 925. Every UW athletic program had a score of 948 or higher, and 
  even  all of Eastern Washington's athletic programs passed!
  And think about this,  there will be 79 "scholarships" JUST FOR THE FOOTBALL TEAM, not the 85 they could have had!
  How many (total) "sports/athletic"  scholarships are there if the football team alone gets 79/85??????????


  For anyone on the Vision 2020 list with information about U of I,  how many scholarships, equal to the sports scholarships, is the U of I awarding
  for Math? Physics? Biology? etc etc..........  Any thing you can add Nick?  


  The University is in a real hurt for funding, and it is my understanding that the Athletics Department has not participated in the across the board 
  reductions, and we get these kinds of results?  IF the University Administration is content with this kind of performance, why hasn't the Board of Regents
  stepped in?


  Time to clean up and clean OUT. 






  Idaho football sanctioned by NCAA
   - The Associated Press
  Published: 06/09/10


  BOISE, Idaho — The University of Idaho football team will lose six scholarships for failing to meet the minimum scores on the NCAA's annual Academic Progress Rate reports.
  The APR measures classroom performance and is based on data collected over four years, in this case from the 2005-06 through 2008-09 years. The report was released Wednesday.
  Programs must receive a score of 925 or above to avoid sanctions.
  Idaho's football team received a 908 score, resulting in a one-year loss of six scholarships. The Vandals will operate with 79 scholarships during the 2010 season, short of the maximum 85.


  Read more: http://www.idahostatesman.com/2010/06/09/1224584/idaho-football-sanctioned-by-ncaa.html#ixzz0qSlnZVHv


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