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...creation of this "athlete culture," argue the authors, begins in admissions offices, which they believe encourage greater specialization in athletics at a younger age. Shulman and Bowen find that recruited athletes face markedly better odds at gaining admittance to top universities. But what they forget is that recruited athletes are a pre-screened group. Since coaches do not recruit athletes who do not fall in the acceptable academic, it is unsurprising that their acceptance rate should be higher...
...stands, Lewis' call to improve advising is not going unanswered. Dean of Undergraduate Studies Susan G. Pedersen '82 and Dean of Freshmen Elizabeth Studley-Nathans are currently trying to recruit more faculty to the Board of Freshmen advisers and are working with specific concentrations to develop better advising systems...
...addition, recruiting has been a problem for the up-and-coming program. According to sources on the team, the men's volleyball program routinely has academically talented recruits turned away because there is no additional space for volleyball on the Athletic Department's recruit lists...
...graduate--would like to pursue a career in other"). While I'm not denigrating I-banking and consulting, they are considerably more risk-averse and hierarchical than some of us would like. What's more, they are just plain easy--easy to obtain since so many of them recruit on campus, and easy to carry out, since the requirements of I-banking and consulting entry level jobs are well within the intellectual capacity of any Harvard student. Also, the lifestyle tradeoffs--the long hours, the surly co-workers--are just intolerable to some. For the business-minded students...
...Tradition more than anything helps those teams recruit real good basketball players," Sullivan said. "They continue to gain that necessary exposure year after year by being champions and participating in the NCAA tournament...