Athlete Culture at Duke

TopTier
Mon, 12 Sep 2011 16:40:52 +0000

Duke athletes – all teams, both genders – are true student intercollegiate competitors and essentially are treated like every other undergraduate; there are no special “jock classes,” or athletic dorms, or scholastic shortcuts, and so forth. Obviously, the Men’s Basketball Team has a unique stature; however, the same fundamental principles also apply to them. Whether on a “big” or “other” team, student-athletes really do not differ from other Trinity or Pratt undergraduates, any more than would a student who distinguishes himself in some other activity (the Chronicle, artistic prowess, campus leadership and politics, exceptional academic excellence, etc.).