Report by the Chronicle of Higher Education Outlines Potential Athletic Influence In Auburn's Academic Operations
EETV Web Team | February 17AUBURN, Ala. (EETV)- A recent report by the Chronicle of Higher Education issues a scathing report of how Auburn University’s Athletics Department allegedly wields substantial influence of some portions of the University’s academic units. The report outlined some of the details associated with the fallout over the large number of student athletes enrolled in the College of Liberal Art’s Public Administration major at one time. The article states that at one point in 2013, Auburn’s Public Administration major held 40 percent of all scholarship football players.