tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post3067724521598115575..comments2024-03-22T01:06:23.845-07:00Comments on Confessions of a College Professor: A Whistleblower ResignsDoomhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-17786638780363968792014-06-16T13:24:51.623-07:002014-06-16T13:24:51.623-07:00Yeah, I saw that...reckon I'll have to do a fo...Yeah, I saw that...reckon I'll have to do a follow-up on that, because it sure it isn't hitting the news hard (though I concede people dying in droves in the Middle East is a bit worse than fraud everyone in the industry knows about).Doomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04528555392898760692noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-87098014299122292562014-06-16T08:41:18.430-07:002014-06-16T08:41:18.430-07:00Sounds like you got your wish Professor Doom, inde...Sounds like you got your wish Professor Doom, indeed one such athlete did come out and admit fraud and that they all knew it was going on. Sure you'll be interested in the resultant denials from the players involved. That player's name was Rashad McCants and he played on the 2005 National Championship basketball team. Johnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08355168465733989761noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-491174673971804494.post-86744765795126409002014-06-09T12:20:51.884-07:002014-06-09T12:20:51.884-07:00Athletics isn't the only source of such corrup...Athletics isn't the only source of such corruption.<br /><br />While I was teaching, it was often suggested to me to "ensure" that certain students passed. Often, that student was the offspring of some moneybags who owned a business which hired a number of our department's graduates in the past. Sometimes, that same moneybags donated money to the institution, often specifically to our department.<br /><br />Of course, it had benefits. Hiring our graduates made the placement statistics more favourable, thereby enhancing our department's reputation. The donations were, of course, welcome, improving the revenue cash flow. Of course, all this had to occur during the tenure of our department head who, naturally, would show these events as signs of his brilliant leadership. The only reward for that would be his promotion to, say, dean or even higher, which was his objective all along.<br /><br />Smoke and mirrors, anyone?<br />Quarter Wave Verticalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03173446011323023116noreply@blogger.com