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...James L. Shulman and former Princeton president William G. Bowen attempt to answer provocative questions like these in The Game of Life, a new book in which they warn of a growing divide between academics and athletics in college...
...Shulman and Bowen decry the changing nature of collegiate athletics which they believe has become too professional and commercialized. In a study of 30 academically selective schools, including four Ivies (but not Harvard), Shulman and Bowen found that average SAT scores among athletes are markedly lower than those of their classmates. They also note that athletes enjoy an advantage in gaining admission to selective universities compared with other targeted groups such as minorities or alumni children. Once on campus, they believe that an "athlete culture" is established. They charge, quite boldly, that many athletes fail "to take full advantage...
...Shulman says that currently, Emory uses about 20 percent problem-based learning and 80 percent lecturing...
...think it's a terrific system, but I also can see a lot of problems with it," Shulman says. "When I started I was hoping we'd move towards 100 percent-now I think it has to be a mixture...
...Some students are nervous that they aren't getting enough material," Shulman says. "You have to rely a lot more on your classmates...