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The University of California Board of Regents has adopted a controversial academic policy to admit the top 4 percent of graduates from each high school in the state. The new policy, which takes effect in 2001, will yield about 3,600 additional students into the state’s higher education system and is considered to be the most significant expansion in two decades. The goal of the new policy is to increase the number of minorities and students from schools in rural and urban areas.
Minnesota governor: Athletes shouldn’t have to take classes
On a recent KARE-TV interview program called Whatever, Jesse Ventura, governor of Minnesota and former professional wrestler, expressed his opinion that college athletes should not have to enroll in classes. “To eliminate this cheating--or the possibility of it--why not let kids go to college and just be athletes while they’re there?” the governor asked. “Then, if they don’t make it in [professional sports], then give them their scholarship.” His comments were made in the wake of recent allegations about academic misconduct by members of the University of Minnesota men’s basketball team.
--Matthew Winston
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