Penn State ranks No. 1 in "Academic Bowl"
The Penn State football program ranked atop the nation's Top 25 teams in academics, according to a story on TIME.com that cites a New America Foundation (NAF) study.
Penn State ranks No. 1 in "Academic Bowl"
The Penn State football program ranked atop the nation's Top 25 teams in academics, according to a story on TIME.com that cites a New America Foundation study.
In his long tenure at the helm of the football program before he was fired Nov. 9, former coach Joe Paterno preached his "Grand Experiment," which consisted of success in the classroom as well as on the football field. Penn State, the NAF analysis says, graduates 80 percent of its student-athletes in six years or less and shows no disparity between the accomplishments of its white and African-American football players.
The story on TIME.com has a list of how the Top 25 teams rank in the "academic bowl."
--Jake Kaplan
What a joke! They graduate 80% of their football players in six years or less?? And this is something to be proud of?— *Callie*- Yes, it is something to be proud of. Sure it could be better, but they were ranked #1 of the top twenty five teams and have consistently ranked among the top Universities in the Country during the Paterno years.— Fred B
- Last year's class was 87%. Yes, it is something to be proud of and is not a joke when you realize that in the context of big-time college football--where many schools tolorate a lot of minimal academic success from their student athletes for the sake of on-field success. Penn State is academically at the top of the herd for schools with highly-successful (and ranked) football programs. And the guy who cast that vision for Penn State football and put into action no longer works there--but, at least we can give the guy credit where it is due.— Ski Fast
This season is Joe's fourth season on the paper's Penn State beat. He previously covered the Nittany Lions for United Press International from 1976 to 1984.
