A different U of M for athletes?

Colleges and Universities A-Z University of Michigan
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<p>University</a> of Michigan Academics and Athletics - MLive.com</p>

<p>Seems to suggest that the university doesn't treat many of its athletes with the challenging education you might expect out of a school like Michigan. Don't get me wrong, I'm a big Michigan sports fan, but this sure seemed to echo what Jim Harbaugh said earlier this year, speaking about how U of M steers athletes into general studies majors. The piece yesterday about the Psych prof. Hagen seemed to show hypocrisy on the part of the school, and no one was admitting what was obvious.</p>

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<p>everyone knows freep and AAnew have an agenda, specially jim carty. It's so obvious, if you read clearly, it's selective reporting</p>

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<p>Athletes are treated differently at a major D-1 university???? <strong>GASP</strong></p>

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<p>I'm sorry to sound rude, but did you not know this already? Athletes get favorable treatment at any institution. The AA News is just sensationalizing a topic that has already been 'exposed' to most Michigan fans and sports fans in general.</p>

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<p>There is a good post on mgoblog that I found interesting.</p>

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<p>I have met athletes at Cornell and Stanford who would ordinarily never been admitted (academically) into a school of MSU's or OSU's calibre. I am sure those athletes weren't taking advanced classes and had to be seriously "aided" to pass even the simplest of classes.</p>

<p>I think it is time for universities to own up to the double standard, but this sort of problem exists at most major Division I athletics programs.</p>

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<p>mgoblog is doing a bang-up job talking about this.</p>

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<p>Apparently virtually everything in that article is wrong. I know some of the people who were interviewed and apparently the A2 News used some really shady tactics to get interviews and info. Don't know when the News turned into such a rag.</p>

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<p>snorky, I have heard that as well. Athletes were told that their comments about the academic advisor and the professor were for a "tribute" article. Others at the University were told "so and so already verified this" when in fact such an interview hadn't even happened yet or no such thing was said. I have heard some of those stories from credible people in LSA who were interviewed. Their vehemence about the things the article got wrong seemed like more than just someone in a defensive stance after being embarrassed.</p>

<p>It surprises me to hear about this, because how could the reporters not think that kind of thing would come back to haunt them? Maybe it doesn't matter overmuch to them when the NYT has picked up the story as they told it.</p>