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...there are athletes who excel in both [academics and sports]. The Ivy League--Harvard in particular--demands that athletes be scholars...
That list helps illustrate one important point: black colleges provide a supportive environment where the talented can learn to excel. Furthermore, they have always been willing to take risks with students who had relatively low entrance scores, picking applicants on the basis of leadership qualities. Says Dr. Charles Johnson, a dean at Meharry Medical College in Nashville: "We look at whether they want to help people." Adds Elias Blake, president of Clark College: "We're important to this republic. The mission of these colleges has been to make up for the education gap that the broader society has tended...
...academics, that always kills spiritual values. All those schools like Yale and Harvard started out as Christian schools, but then they got concerned with quality." Tuition can be as low as $225, as high as $2,500 per year. But whatever they cost, the schools do seem to excel at training in basic skills, personal courtesy and classroom decorum. A cross section of Christian schools-Christian Liberty Academy. "Government schools are a taxpayer rip-off and a blight on our students," says the Rev. Paul Lindstrom, 41, head of the Christian Liberty Academy in the Chicago suburb of Prospect Heights...
...Total education is the thing I hope students are looking at." John P. Reardon '60, director of athletics, said, arguing that if Harvard squads seek national acclaim, "it's not going to work out very well for us." If squads excel within their own leagues. Reardon said, they can gain national publicity without having to compete directly against collegiate powerhouses...
Bernstein, however, feels that the varsity letter just complements the letter grades she's received so far. "The really great think is that Harvard softball is no longer taken as a joke. Even as a club-sport we were out there to play and excel, as ourselves, as athletes; but most important as a team. We did that; all the varsity status does is propel our position to another level...