Regular readers of our college admissions blog know why we write about college basketball from time to time. As a general rule of thumb, the further a team advances in March Madness, the more applications the school tends to receive the subsequent admissions cycle. And so we would be remiss …
A Wall Street Journal article out today shines a lantern on how many of America’s colleges have been cutting country club sports in recent weeks. And while some of these colleges are citing only budgetary constraints, other colleges are being more forthright in citing a combination of budgetary constraints and …
With recent announcements by Stanford University, Dartmouth College, and Brown University that they each will be eliminating certain varsity athletic teams, the University of Pennsylvania has vowed not to cut any of their 33 varsity athletic teams anytime soon. While several college administrators and sports reporters have conjectured that many …
During these stressful economic times, universities with sizable endowments are tightening their purse strings. Stanford University recently announced the elimination of 11 varsity athletic teams, among them: men’s and women’s fencing, field hockey, lightweight rowing, men’s rowing, co-ed and women’s sailing, squash, synchronized swimming, men’s volleyball and wrestling. Dartmouth College …
A few weeks back, Brown University announced the elimination of some of its varsity sports. The Providence, Rhode Island-based university boasts the third most varsity sports of any university in America. Yet Brown’s varsity teams are not exactly known for winning Ivy League championships. And so university administrators felt that …
Let’s check in on the Ivy League men’s basketball standings. And if you’re wondering why we write about Ivy League basketball, well, historically, the further a team advances in March Madness, the more applications that school receives in the subsequent admissions cycle. The Ivy League has one automatic bid each …
Over the last several days, we’ve ripped apart the arguments in two letters to the editor published in response to The Editorial Board of The New York Times‘ call to end the practice of legacy admissions. One letter, penned by a former president of Vassar College, failed to acknowledge that …
Back in May, The Boston Globe shined a spotlight on endowed coaching positions at elite universities, including at Yale University. If you’re not familiar with the term “endowed coaching positions,” think of the name that precedes the coach’s position. At Yale, for instance, there’s the Joel E. Smilow 1954 Head …
Before the scandal of scandals in college admissions broke this past March, there was another scandal we reported on — this one at the University of Pennsylvania. A former all-time great UPenn basketball player and coach, Jerome Allen, accepted a bribe in exchange for helping a student earn admission to …
We came across a quote from Bob Bowman that we wanted to share with our readers. For those not familiar with Bob Bowman, he is one of the great swimming coaches of all time. In fact, he coached Michael Phelps from when he was a little tyke all the way …
