Penn State Plans To Take Down The Paterno Statue This Weekend

[Magritte25]

Originally Posted by auntieannie68

having had tears of experience dealing with pro atheletes college or pro teams----the hardest work is physical---in most other academic areas many allowances are made-----how many penn state major football players went on to highly established ACADEMIC careers? any stats on that???

I already posted about the college's graduation rates and grades vs. other Division I-A schools. I must say you've had quite experiences in your career - you've worked with addicts, children and now athletics. In what capacity did you deal with "pro atheletes college or pro teams"?

[auntieannie68]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

I already posted about the college's graduation rates and grades vs. other Division I-A schools. I must say you've had quite experiences in your career - you've worked with addicts, children and now athletics. In what capacity did you deal with "pro atheletes college or pro teams"?

a nurse if u must know and as a gathering place for pro athlete friends for over 10 years----this is a typical dubious northeast pa question that shows the common lack of trust of people in the area---but i digress----- ----

what post number shows the educational results of penn states' football players as compared to other colleges???

[mig1]

What took them so long?!

Paterno=Sandusky=POS

[Katiana]

Originally Posted by Magritte25

I already posted about the college's graduation rates and grades vs. other Division I-A schools. I must say you've had quite experiences in your career - you've worked with addicts, children and now athletics. In what capacity did you deal with "pro atheletes college or pro teams"?

Not in this thread you didn't.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by Mr Yuk

Well maybe there will then be more academic scholarships available, which is a better use of money than giving a free college education to someone just because of how fast they run or how far they can throw a ball.

Those scholarships were paid for by the football program as were many other benefits for the students unrelated to the football program. There isn't all of sudden more money because they aren;t giving scholarships to football players, there is less.

[thecoalman]

Originally Posted by auntieannie68

what post number shows the educational results of penn states' football players as compared to other colleges???

For graduation rates where top ranked football programs are concerned they are tied for number 1 with Stanford

Penn State Football Tied For Best Graduation Success Rate Among BCS/AP Top 25 Teams - Penn State Official Athletic Site

UNIVERSITY PARK, Pa., November 3, 2011 -- The Penn State football team is tied with Stanford for the top Graduation Success Rate (GSR) among teams ranked in the Oct. 30 Bowl Championship Series and AP Top 25 rankings, according to data recently released by the NCAA.





Penn State football student-athletes that enrolled in the University from 2001-04 earned a superlative Graduation Success Rate of 87 percent, tied with Stanford for No. 10 overall among the nation's 120 Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) institutions. Penn State's 87 percent GSR was significantly higher than the 67 percent FBS average and was second to Northwestern (94) among Big Ten Conference institutions, according to the NCAA.

Amongst all Division 1-a teams tied for tenth with Stanford.

1. 97 - Notre Dame
2. 94 - Northwestern
3. 93 - Boston College, Duke and Rice
6. 91 - U.S. Naval Academy
7. 89 - Rutgers
8. 88 - U.S. Military Academy, Miami (Fla.)
10. 87 - Penn State and Stanford

[Katiana]

^^Thank you.

[Mr Yuk]

How appropriate...the Paterno name is on the Catholic Student Faith Center at PSU.....some of the most well-known pedo-protectors right there, Paterno and the Catholic church.

UNIVERSITY PARK: Paterno Catholic Student Faith Center project nears completion | News | CentreDaily.com

[Mr Yuk]

Graduation rates may not tell the whole story, though, unless we know the types of courses and their difficulty reuired to graduate. I think its safe to assume that say, Notre Dame or Stanford, has a much more rigorous course load than Penn State. Does PSU allow athletes to take cake majors like basketweaving? I highly doubt that ND, Stanford, Duke, Rice, BC, etc have any cake majors.