In an effort to create a bond between academics and athletics, the University’s athletic teams have now been assigned a member of the Faculty Athletics Committee to assist student athletes with academic advising.
This partnership is an excellent program that should benefit student athletes and the University.
By monitoring the teams’ academic advising, faculty members should be able to prevent any misguidance and possible improprieties in course selection.
Faculty advisers should challenge student athletes to take meaningful and academically stimulating courses while being mindful of their team commitments.
The primary goal of our student athletes should be to earn a degree.
Some UNC athletes have gone on to become successful professional athletes; however, most do not. Athletes sacrifice a lot of their time to represent our school, so sometimes their academics might become less of a priority.
Faculty members should remain in contact with coaches and athletes throughout the year and not just during course selection and advising.
Committing individual faculty members to each team will create an opportunity for athletes to become more engaged in their academics.
Because of time commitments, student athletes might not be able to develop close relationships with faculty members.
