[24614] in APO-L
Re: [APO-L] Extension & Characteristics of schools
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (William J. Turner)
Tue Feb 1 15:08:52 2005
Date: Tue, 1 Feb 2005 15:08:12 -0500
Reply-To: "William J. Turner" <turnerw@wabash.edu>
From: "William J. Turner" <turnerw@wabash.edu>
To: APO-L@LISTSERV.IUPUI.EDU
In-Reply-To: <03E8CF5A1005AD4A9CB7419A1327DEE803F4A01A@NGB-66C05-XCH02.ngb.ng.ds.army.mil>
Your statements confuse me. You seem to contradict yourself on issues
such as the desirability of GLOs, and you say you do not wish to
denigrate schools who have chosen not to emphasize athletics, yet you
continue to put the burden of proof on why we would want to expand to a
non-Division I-A school and why we would *not* want to expand to a
Division I-A school.
I agree there are *many* factors to consider in extension efforts. I am
not arguing we should treat all schools as equal, but we should be
*very* careful not to use one classification type (e.g., size of
athletic program) to justify whether or not we should extend to that
school's campus. We must not weigh potential extension efforts---as you
seem to propose---against Division I-A or even large state schools.
This discussion of NCAA classification over-simplifies the question, and
in my mind diverts our attention from the real question of asking what
traits we should look for in potential extension efforts and how to
weigh the various advantages and disadtantages of these schools in
deciding if we should attempt to establish a presence on the particular
campus. If we can define these traits in such a way as to not
contradict ourselves, perhaps we can know where to focus extension efforts.
We must look at the individual merits of each school, just as we must
look at the individual merits of each potential member and not assume
that they would or would not be a good brother because of some
classification to which they belong. To that end, I propose these
extension discussions would best be served by removing *all* discussion
of NCAA classifications. Instead focus we must focus our discussion on
the individual traits that make a school a good potential chapter.
wjt
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William J. Turner, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Mathematics & Computer Science
Wabash College, P.O. Box 352, Crawfordsville, IN 47933 USA
http://persweb.wabash.edu/facstaff/turnerw
