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Rat race
There's an interesting six part series running in the Orlando Sentinel this week about the financial side of college football. Most people are (incorrectly) focusing on the OPE revenue data, which is worthless for two reasons. Well, one and a half. The data that the Orlando Sentinel Gridiron 365...
Where's the tuition going?
I've posted a fair bit here about RU's fiscal crunch, but that's only part of the equation (with causes, until recently, largely localized to New Jersey) as to why tuition costs keep rising above the rate of inflation across the country. What's going on (and is nicely explained by the Chronicle of...
Rare candor
Warning, non-football post below. Although there may be some obvious parallels with all the Big Ten talk. There's been some blowup in the blogosphere over a Wednesday article from InsideHigherEd. I wanted to link this yesterday, but didn't have the time. The U.S. News and World Report college...
Something isn't right here...
Just caught this over on Wolf's blog. Point guard Angelo Johnson was academically disqualified from USC, which means the Trojans' APR score will take a hit. Johnson is looking at Baylor (one of his top choices with USC), Southern Miss (coached by Tim Floyd's best friend in coaching, Larry...
THE THREAD [06.09.08] :: Let's Make a Deal
Slow day around South Carolina. No Spurrier quotables, no new coaches being hired, really not much. Um, the men's soccer schedule was released, though C&F would be hard-pressed to tell what the hardest games will be. Or the easiest games, for that matter, though he certainly wishes the team...
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