Christian Science Monitor: One college’s retreat from big-time sports
Birmingham-Southern College moved from Division I athletics to Division III to put more emphasis on academics. Birmingham, Ala. – It’s a tough crowd, this assembly of silver-haired Southern gentry. But David Pollick surveys his audience coolly, flashes a megawatt smile, and says something you might not expect to a room full of well-heeled college alums: “Anyone who would aspire to be a college president is a lunatic.”
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