A strategy to discourage transfers 
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Exactly … transfer prevention
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I don’t think that’s what they’re doing. I suspect they’re just showing their normal disregard for their players’ academics beyond keeping them eligible. They’re only preventing transfers to places like Michigan and Georgetown.
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Unless they are funneling kids into those classes I don’t see an issue, at least as far as the athletes go. UNC does have “real” classes too.
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I’m not a lawyer, but offering classes where the credits won’t/can’t transfer doesn’t seem like a practice that is on the up and up.
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Maybe I’m a click or two too cynical, but I suspect that when a kid comes in to their hoops program, that the academic advising team doesn’t just open up a course catalog, and say “welcome to UNC, the world is your oyster! There’s an academic smorgasbord available for the taking, and we encourage you to gorge yourself!”
As an elite “takes” athlete, I know that competing at the highest levels means that other aspects of one’s life can sometimes take a backseat. I think that’s more like what’s going on here.
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Yeah I mean UVA definitely has classes where athletes are concentrated too (I’m looking at you, education school)
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There is an entire department for student athletes that essentially steers these things, yes
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Lol, a new recruiting tool in the toolbox: “Careful, if you go to UNC and it doesn’t work out, you won’t be able to transfer to a lot of other schools…”
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Someone ping Jarin
Easy classes do exist at UVA, a sprinkled a few in when I could, but you can’t progress through a majority of majors by only taking easy classes. I feel like UNC is trying to bundle all the easy courses into made up majors for athletes instead of just directing them to the easiest majors.
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There is a case to be made for taking easier classes as a freshman athlete though … it can be a shock coming from high school - the amount of work that goes into a college regime. I was advised to take a junior level class my first semester because it fit my schedule … one of the worst classes I’ve ever taken as I simply wasn’t ready for playing basketball plus working 20 hours a week plus a huge load of hard classes right away. I do think most of the standard underclassmen pre-requisites were fine … so glad I took a CLEP test for Biology as I simply didn’t have time for a class plus lab in my schedule. (Got me 8 units for a 2 hour test).
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So, caged. But academically.
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Also for those who have high schoolers … do yourself and them a HUGE favor and have them take some CLEP tests … depending on the college - can gain as many as 36 college units or more.
More than 2,900 U.S. colleges and universities grant credit for CLEP. A college’s CLEP credit policy explains: which CLEP exams are accepted by the institution. what CLEP score you need to receive credit.
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Somehow my neice graduated HS and Junior College at the same time this year. So heads into her University as a junior academically
Edit: sorry forgot to thank you for that post. Good stuff D
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Yeah, my son came close but was a few credits short for the Associates. Most HS’s now have a partnership with local college(s) that give dual credit for certain classes. They’re usually 100 & 200 level Gen Ed (English, Math, Science, History) classes. My son did his at the HS, but not sure all do.
He should be able to finish his Bachelors in 2.5 years instead of 4.
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There it is. My brother is in Niceville by the way. His daughter
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Yep - dual enrollment is a huge thing these days - starting with junior year in HS students can take college courses and have them count as a high school course too. Our rising junior is about to enroll in one dual enrollment class for the fall and is studying now for her College Biology CLEP test as she just took her high school Biology year so it’s fresh in her mind. The goal is to free her up to only have to take her major courses when she starts college … and she might just do that online and knock it out in 18 months.
Even quite a few expensive private universities offer dual enrollment (our daughter will be starting at one for $99 a unit) where it’s normally $455 per unit. So she’ll complete her 1st class for $300 vs. $1,365.
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The Duel Credit route is becoming more popular for sure. My organization is doing a lot of work in multiple states to authorize more money to help districts lower the barriers for students to take duel credit courses and credential more HS teachers.
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We were in Biloxi (about 2.5 hours west of Niceville) and they partnered with William Carey U, which was about an hour north of us in Hattiesburg.
All of his credits there transferred to VCU fine when he decided to come back to Va.
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