Intellectual Accomplishment
The University of the District of Columbia, the only public university in the nation’s capital, is struggling to survive. To save money, the university has eliminated 17 academic programs, including economics, history, physics, and sociology. But UDC interim president James E. Lyons Sr has been ordered by the Board of Trustees to keep the university’s athletic program, which brought in $1.1 million in revenue last year — but cost the school $4.1 million to operate. “It is critical to the life of a university that there be these types of opportunities,” explained university trustee Jerome Shelton. “Please understand, this is almost a life-or-death question for me.” (RC/Washington Post) ...And you thought it was bad when parents tried to live through the glories of their own children.Original Publication Date: 08 December 2013
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
This story is in True’s book collections, in Volume 20.
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