3 ms·
Sure but that's just an adjacent business model with very little relationship to the core mission. Universities could also say, run gambling halls, nightclubs,
by kristopolous 6y ago
Sure but that's just an adjacent business model with very little relationship to the core mission.
Universities could also say, run gambling halls, nightclubs, or any other business you can think of.
The criticism is they are distracted from their core purpose and mission in society, which certainly isn't to run large entertainment venues.
- bonoboTP 6y agoSport, at least in principle, if you squint, has more to do with education. After all, grade schools have a physical education subject but no gambling subject. (Elite, pro, spectator sport is different though, that's why the squinting is required). Generally, Americans have an obsession with what they call "well-roundedness" and a "holistic" approach which I don't see elsewhere that much. For example in European university admissions nobody cares about subjective stuff like volunteering experience, musical talent etc, when doing university admissions. It's all focused on the narrow academic subject. You also don't take generic subjects unrelated to your study program as in American undergrad. The whole culture and concept of what a university is supposed to be, is pretty different in the US overall