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<blockquote data-quote="crut" data-source="post: 500304" data-attributes="member: 3240"><p>This discussion began on the Potential Head Coach Hires thread but I thought it would be smart to move it to this related thread. [USER=747]@UgaBlows[/USER] [USER=265]@takethepoints[/USER]</p><p></p><p>The discussion was that one major reason GT struggles in recruiting is because of the limited majors - and that those majors are all STEM and are all relatively difficult to get athletes through. Georgia Tech does take athletic exceptions, but not to the level of other schools.</p><p></p><p>It was suggested that Georgia Tech add more majors, such as Kinesiology, Nursing, Nutrition, Forensics, Broadcasting, Journalism, Finance (new major instead of a business concentration). The rebuttal to this was that the BOR (Georgia Board of Regents) prevents GT from adding majors. Evidence of this being false has made its way onto GT boards this year. Here's a post from a different board from a big donor (who often sits next to CPJ at Tech basketball games):</p><p></p><p><em>"Also, this GT created myth regarding the Board of Regents should die away. I too have several contacts on the board and they have been wanting GT to add majors for years and begged GT to expand its engineering capabilities before they ever approved ga getting an engineering degree."</em></p><p></p><p>From another guy who seems to have a lot more contacts in GTAA than most of us:</p><p></p><p><em>"My understanding is that GT was told to expand its undergraduate engineering program to handle increased interest and qualifications of in-state students. GT faculty refused to do it instead wishing to drive even higher the academic qualifications of HS students coming in, and also pushed the requirements higher for out-of-state students (only accepted 19% last year compared to 37% in-state). In others words, the GT faculty wished to increase qualifications more over expansion....thus forcing the BOR to give the engineering expansion to UGA."</em></p><p></p><p>And from another donor:</p><p></p><p>"<em>But at the end of the day, this is about Georgia Tech, the administration and Bud Peterson. They just don't care about football. Hell, I will take it a step further and say they don't give a **** about athletics in general. The buck(s) literally stop with Bud. This whole narrative about GT not having money is complete bull****. We raised over $1.6 BILLION dollars in the last capital campaign. Be have tons of money. THE ADMINISTRATION CHOOSES TO SPEND IT ON OTHER THINGS BECAUSE ATHLETICS ISN'T IMPORTANT TO THEM. That's the bottom line. Name one program other than women's tennis which has improved under Peterson's tenure? Certainly not any of our revenue generating programs. Some have remained at a high level like golf but what programs have improved?</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>Athletics in today's world, for many people, are the "front porch" of the university. We clearly don't want people on our front porch. Why has Duke improved? They committed to improving. They allotted money, time & effort to making football a priority. And, as much as I hate saying it, with Cutcliffe at the helm it's paying off. Athletic success and academic prowess aren't mutually exclusive. It is harder, no question about it. But it can be done.</em></p><p><em></em></p><p><em>So if you want change, it starts at the top. Changing coach might change our fortunes a little. But for any real change to take place we need to change the attitude about and commitment to athletics at Tech. For the record, I am NOT SUGGESTING WE COMPROMISE OUR ACADEMIC STANDARDS OR VALUES ONE BIT. We are not a farm team, we are an academic institution. But we can do better. We can commit to our fans, alums and athletes and give them the tools and resources they need to succeed. This starts with Bud. Until we get real change at the very top, it won't trickle down in any meaningful way."</em></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="crut, post: 500304, member: 3240"] This discussion began on the Potential Head Coach Hires thread but I thought it would be smart to move it to this related thread. [USER=747]@UgaBlows[/USER] [USER=265]@takethepoints[/USER] The discussion was that one major reason GT struggles in recruiting is because of the limited majors - and that those majors are all STEM and are all relatively difficult to get athletes through. Georgia Tech does take athletic exceptions, but not to the level of other schools. It was suggested that Georgia Tech add more majors, such as Kinesiology, Nursing, Nutrition, Forensics, Broadcasting, Journalism, Finance (new major instead of a business concentration). The rebuttal to this was that the BOR (Georgia Board of Regents) prevents GT from adding majors. Evidence of this being false has made its way onto GT boards this year. Here's a post from a different board from a big donor (who often sits next to CPJ at Tech basketball games): [I]"Also, this GT created myth regarding the Board of Regents should die away. I too have several contacts on the board and they have been wanting GT to add majors for years and begged GT to expand its engineering capabilities before they ever approved ga getting an engineering degree."[/I] From another guy who seems to have a lot more contacts in GTAA than most of us: [I]"My understanding is that GT was told to expand its undergraduate engineering program to handle increased interest and qualifications of in-state students. GT faculty refused to do it instead wishing to drive even higher the academic qualifications of HS students coming in, and also pushed the requirements higher for out-of-state students (only accepted 19% last year compared to 37% in-state). In others words, the GT faculty wished to increase qualifications more over expansion....thus forcing the BOR to give the engineering expansion to UGA."[/I] And from another donor: "[I]But at the end of the day, this is about Georgia Tech, the administration and Bud Peterson. They just don't care about football. Hell, I will take it a step further and say they don't give a **** about athletics in general. The buck(s) literally stop with Bud. This whole narrative about GT not having money is complete bull****. We raised over $1.6 BILLION dollars in the last capital campaign. Be have tons of money. THE ADMINISTRATION CHOOSES TO SPEND IT ON OTHER THINGS BECAUSE ATHLETICS ISN'T IMPORTANT TO THEM. That's the bottom line. Name one program other than women's tennis which has improved under Peterson's tenure? Certainly not any of our revenue generating programs. Some have remained at a high level like golf but what programs have improved? Athletics in today's world, for many people, are the "front porch" of the university. We clearly don't want people on our front porch. Why has Duke improved? They committed to improving. They allotted money, time & effort to making football a priority. And, as much as I hate saying it, with Cutcliffe at the helm it's paying off. Athletic success and academic prowess aren't mutually exclusive. It is harder, no question about it. But it can be done. So if you want change, it starts at the top. Changing coach might change our fortunes a little. But for any real change to take place we need to change the attitude about and commitment to athletics at Tech. For the record, I am NOT SUGGESTING WE COMPROMISE OUR ACADEMIC STANDARDS OR VALUES ONE BIT. We are not a farm team, we are an academic institution. But we can do better. We can commit to our fans, alums and athletes and give them the tools and resources they need to succeed. This starts with Bud. Until we get real change at the very top, it won't trickle down in any meaningful way."[/I] [/QUOTE]
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