SAAC to SHU: give us pre-registration
Nine of 11 NEC schools allow student-athletes to pre-register
Dario Melendez The Spectrum
Issue date: 11/17/05 Section: Sports
Fairleigh Dickinson University, located in Madison, N.J., is an NEC member that offers a different, yet effective, form of pre-registration.
"Our student-athletes can register the first day of priority registration," Jennifer Quirk, the Director of Academic and Student Athlete Support Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University, said. "They receive the same special accommodations as the honor students, seniors with at least 96 credits, and those students in our Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities."
In many cases here at Sacred Heart, student-athletes are forced to decide between taking classes that they would not normally take or missing scheduled practices.
But Ass. Dean Michael Bozzone, a dean to the College of Arts and Science and an English professor here at Sacred Heart, looks upon pre-registration for student-athletes in a different light.
"I am not for pre-registration for just student athletes, but for anyone," Bozzone said.
"I understand that student-athletes have other commitments besides academics, but they are still students and it is not fair to non student-athletes to give them a limited choice of classes that they could take. Student-athletes should take their turn just like every other student here at Sacred Heart."
Connerty believes it is unfair when a student-athlete has to change his or her major due to scheduling problems.
"The truth is that at the Division I level, student-athletes at this university should not be missing any practices because of scheduling conflicts; they should be allowed to fulfill both their athletic and academic commitments in order to be as successful as possible," he said.
Bozzone, on the other hand, believes non student-athletes' rights would be unfairly infringed upon if student-athletes were given pre-registration privileges.
"If a student-athlete encounters a problem with class scheduling," Bozzone said, "Then myself, as well as the rest of the administration, are more than happy to help them with their problem. We aren't against anyone getting a good schedule, but we feel that everyone should have an equal shot."
"Our student-athletes can register the first day of priority registration," Jennifer Quirk, the Director of Academic and Student Athlete Support Services at Fairleigh Dickinson University, said. "They receive the same special accommodations as the honor students, seniors with at least 96 credits, and those students in our Regional Center for Students with Learning Disabilities."
In many cases here at Sacred Heart, student-athletes are forced to decide between taking classes that they would not normally take or missing scheduled practices.
But Ass. Dean Michael Bozzone, a dean to the College of Arts and Science and an English professor here at Sacred Heart, looks upon pre-registration for student-athletes in a different light.
"I am not for pre-registration for just student athletes, but for anyone," Bozzone said.
"I understand that student-athletes have other commitments besides academics, but they are still students and it is not fair to non student-athletes to give them a limited choice of classes that they could take. Student-athletes should take their turn just like every other student here at Sacred Heart."
Connerty believes it is unfair when a student-athlete has to change his or her major due to scheduling problems.
"The truth is that at the Division I level, student-athletes at this university should not be missing any practices because of scheduling conflicts; they should be allowed to fulfill both their athletic and academic commitments in order to be as successful as possible," he said.
Bozzone, on the other hand, believes non student-athletes' rights would be unfairly infringed upon if student-athletes were given pre-registration privileges.
"If a student-athlete encounters a problem with class scheduling," Bozzone said, "Then myself, as well as the rest of the administration, are more than happy to help them with their problem. We aren't against anyone getting a good schedule, but we feel that everyone should have an equal shot."