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Report: Michigan classes too easy
The independent study courses administered to University of Michigan athletes by a professor there have drawn scrutiny in a published report. The Ann Arbor News reported on Sunday that the psychology professor John Hagen taught at least 294 independent studies from the fall of 2004 to the fall of 2007, 251 of them taken by athletes. Such courses are generally one-on-one classes between the student and the professor for a subject not offered by the university. In the report, three former athletic department employees said Hagen's independent studies were sometimes used to improve the grade point averages of athletes who were at risk of becoming academically ineligible. The average grade for 21 athletes who took 32 graded courses from Hagen, 25 of them independent studies, was 3.62. Those athletes had a grade point average of 2.57 in their other classes, according to transcripts reviewed by the newspaper. In some instances, athletes earned as many as four credits for meeting with Hagen for as little as 15 minutes every two weeks, and courses sometimes focused on study skills and time management, according to The News. Some athletes were also allowed to enroll in Hagen's courses nearly two months after the deadline to add classes had passed.
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I think that this only proves something that we already know happens in way too many programs. Michigan is just unlucky to be the particular team whose name is attatched to this report.
rundmv
Austin, TX
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OMG! If this was Ohio State the UM fans would be ALL OVER THIS!
Michigan always seems to get a free pass, and I for one am glad that this report is attached to their name.
buckeyedude
Oregon , OH
Total Comments (499)
It looks like Jim Harbaugh was right. Michigan does cheat for athletes.
Whitehat
Gahanna, OH
Total Comments (88)
Come one, we all know Harbaugh was right. Anybody familiar with Michigan football knows that half the student body dislikes the football team because of the preferential treatment they have always received. This is the team that has and continues to abuse the general studies major which is the ONLY reason their graduation rate has improved. It was not previously used. Michigan fans will not admit it but their football team is just another dirty program. I mean really, just take a look at their coach or their previous coach's well documented history of turning a blind eye to misdeeds by his athletes.
INCSOC
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I am not suggesting that they get a free pass, only that I am not willing to jump up on a soapbox without knowing what skeletons are in my teams closet. By all means, we should rail on all the schools for this type of behavior.
rundmv
Austin, TX
Total Comments (539)
And if any one thinks that Michigan is alone in this: I've got sone swamp property on the Moon i'd like to sell to them. This is a problem in College Sports and it seems to get worse as College Sports continue it's ascent into the "big time". Like the old adage says: every thing is legal until your caught!
Airborne72
Houston, TX
Total Comments (197)
And all these years I thought only Michigan women were easy ...
Cheesy Texan
Converse , TX
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So much for the Mich Again - Big 10 Academic supremacy!
LSUBest
Sulphur , LA
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Here's where all the scUM fans that get on OSU for any investigation say "What, everybody does it, don't pick on us." Hypocrits.
marino4530
Kettering, OH
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Yes ....yes.....this is a problem now isnt it? Perhaps that Chris Webber fellow wasnt the Rhodes Scholar we all though eh?
Josef Stalin
Yonkers , NY
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In other news, Rich Rod is only going to dress 7 players for their first football game.
The rest of the players will have to dress themselves!!
BBlues
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If academics has any priority in Terelle Pryor's decision, then this may hurt Michigan
Rays201
Total Comments (9)
I love this!!
NWPA
Total Comments (506)
PRYOR:
OSU - work 15 minutes every 2 weeks, get a car & $
Michigan - study 15 min every 2 weeks, get free A's
NWPA
Total Comments (506)
Nicely done NWPA, nicely done.
biminator
Total Comments (1695)
This is only news because it is Michigan. Name one college in the country that runs a clean program. Harvard you say? Exactly.
Scott F
Binghamton , NY
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An apparent lack of academic integrity at a football factory school? This can't be!
pwmaverick
Euless , TX
Total Comments (145)
This story is crap.
J. HOVA: BROOKLYN
Brooklyn, NY
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WHERE ARE YOU "THE TRUTH?" WE ALL AWAIT YOUR COMMENTS ON YOUR BELOVED PROGRAM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gariboy
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Ann Arbor is a ****!
Luke43
Riverdale , GA
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