Letter: Standards decrease: Duke trades academia for athletes
(10/03/02 4:00am)
President Nan Keohane's and Director of Athletics Joe Alleva's comments concerning academic standards for football players are Orwellian. In the past, Duke has admitted athletes for playing football despite their marginal to poor academic credentials. In the future, Duke will admit a greater percentage of these kinds of athletes. As a result, graduation rates for football players undoubtedly will drop. Duke is in fact lowering its academic standards for the purpose of winning a couple of football games a year.