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Results: Sports and Cheating in Higher Education

Published on 10/31/2014
By: kristinalee
1795
Sports
1.
1.
Last week, the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill made national headlines for a scandal in which college athletes were steered into easy or nonexistent classes. Did you follow this story?
Yes
17%
307 votes
No
83%
1488 votes
2.
2.
In college sports, UNC is best known for its competitive basketball program. Did you attend -- or are you attending -- a university with a prestigious sports team or teams?
Yes
12%
207 votes
No
88%
1588 votes
3.
3.
if yes, did you ever suspect that athletes were being allowed to bypass regular academic requirements or otherwise getting special academic treatment?
Yes
14%
258 votes
No
9%
170 votes
Undecided
6%
114 votes
Not Applicable
70%
1253 votes
4.
4.
Do you think the UNC scandal has revealed behavior that is unusual in universities with competitive sports programs? Or do you believe this is the norm?
The UNC case is especially bad.
6%
108 votes
The UNC case is nothing new in college sports. It's bad, but it happens more than you think.
27%
478 votes
The UNC case is the norm in college sports.
14%
250 votes
Undecided
14%
260 votes
N/A
39%
697 votes
Other (please specify)
0%
2 votes
Other Answers Percentage Votes
who would ever believe that the majority of the male athletes could ever graduate legitimately? 0.06% 1
0.06% 1
5.
5.
In the American university system, competitive college sports often fuel endowment donations and earn a large portion of a university's income. In such a system, is it possible to prevent abuses like the UNC cheating scandal?
Yes
26%
469 votes
No
25%
452 votes
Undecided
49%
874 votes
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