BSU offering athletes life skills class

Ball State University wants its student athletes to succeed in the classroom as well as in athletics.

[Nancy Harper]

Thank you Jeane and Ivan for making BSU and me look good. You are the greatest!!!!!!

[Skeptical student]

Heard class was not hard - but, I have learned and thought about things that have helped getting along and things done. Help now and my future. I needed this. (glad I can say this anonymously - my guys would make give me a hard time)

[Ball State Forum Nazi]

Wow, Ball State must be on damage control. I see my comment asking whether this class was considered a zero credit course was deleted, even though no rules were broken. I'm guessing by the fact it was removed the course is more than zero credits.

Courses like this are given zero credits at other universities. The professional response by BSU would have been for someone to offer an explanation of why BSU feels this type course deserves full credit, rather than sweep it under the carpet by deleting a valid question.

There are universities that offer PhD's online, all you need is $25 and enough "life experience" to qualify. I hate to see Ball State go down that path.

[strudent athlete]

Hey, I did not want to take this course but is required by NCAA and coach checks attendance. This is one thing drilled into us, student first, athlete second.

[BSU graduate student]

I was wondering about this class too. I see you think very little of BSU, but I can tell you -
look somewhere else to get a Ph.D.- I can verify I am deep in debt from tuition loans NOW, and do not even have 25 bucks and "enough life experience" to obtain a Ph.D. IF in fact that was possible; but it is not. Hope that is some clarification for you, and by the way,
Where did you recieve your Ph.D.? What did you study? On second thought, I really do not care.