Good luck competing against...

[MozRU]

...any big time football program.

Per the NY Post (so you know it is true)

Auburn kept its easy jock major, because football team needed it


http://nyp.st/1WUUwUw

 

[CranfordKnight]

...any big time football program.

Per the NY Post (so you know it is true)

Auburn kept its easy jock major, because football team needed it


http://nyp.st/1WUUwUw

It's actually a WSJ story the Post regurgitated.

What's fascinating to me are the quotes at the bottom, which sound just like the ones coming from us in our trumped up "controversy". Wonder if the Alabama papers are taking Auburn to task for days on end over this:

An Auburn spokesperson told the Wall Street Journal the athletic department “has not improperly influenced academic decision-making.”

“Auburn’s academic community makes all academic program and curriculum decisions,” the spokesperson said. “Auburn is fully committed to the integrity of its academic programs.”

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

As much as I love making fun of the SEC....Public Administration is NOT a fake degree. In fact Rutgers-Newark and many other colleges offer it. Rutgers even offers a master and PhD in Public Administration.

https://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/

 

[CranfordKnight]

As much as I love making fun of the SEC....Public Administration is NOT a fake degree. In fact Rutgers-Newark and many other colleges offer it. Rutgers even offers a master and PhD in Public Administration.

https://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/

I don't think anyone believes it's a fake degree. Auburn was set to eliminate it but the athletic department pressured the school to keep the program and agreed to fund it. I'm guessing the RU-N program might be a bit more challenging than the one at Auburn.

 

[Scarlet_Scourge]

I don't think anyone believes it's a fake degree. Auburn was set to eliminate it but the athletic department pressured the school to keep the program and agreed to fund it. I'm guessing the RU-N program might be a bit more challenging than the one at Auburn.

No question about that.

 

[jmc11201]

As much as I love making fun of the SEC....Public Administration is NOT a fake degree. In fact Rutgers-Newark and many other colleges offer it. Rutgers even offers a master and PhD in Public Administration.

https://spaa.newark.rutgers.edu/

Over half of the students in the program were athletes and the academic side of Auburn voted to eliminate it because it does not “contribute a great deal to the Department’s education mission.”

Then the athletic department got involved and provided money to keep the major available.

http://deadspin.com/auburn-athletics-convinced-the-school-to-preserve-its-a-1726910893