Filed under: Georgia Tech Basketball, ACC Basketball, NCAA Basketball Campus, Atlanta  While basketball fans love stats, none really want to hear about boring numbers like graduation rates, grade-point averages and surveys. College coaches care about those things, which is why they have the Knight Commission meetings. The Knight Commission has been striving for academic reform in college athletics for decades and, over the past four year, punishing programs who fail to meet certain academic and graduation requirements. Well, as he was sitting and listening to these numbers flow ... Georgia Tech head basketball Paul Hewitt coach got tired of it. He flipped on his mic and had at it: "While I like to see everyone who reaches college earn a degree," Hewitt said, "we need to find more effective ways to achieve our goals. I do have a problem with putting numbers out there, saying 'Meet these numbers or else. You're turning education into a race."
"I'm getting tired of coaches getting beat up," Hewitt said, "when I think we are doing a very responsible job." He kind of has a point. Hewitt also said that these pressures on coaches to keep their athletes' grades up may/has forced some of them to steer those students to easier courses. The ACC has discussed this issue in their conference meetings. Continue reading Ga Tech's Paul Hewitt to Knight Commission: 'You're Turning Education Into a Race.' Permalink Email this Comments
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