SCHOLA GRATIA DOCTRINAE
by
Herbert Jack Rotfeld
Auburn University, Alabama
rotfeld@auburn.edu
A long-time friend served as President of his university's faculty and
was amazed at what engendered the strongest faculty response. Within a
day after the faculty were shorted on their allocation of football
tickets,
he received more e-mail, voice-mail and other calls than on any other
issue,
including core curriculum changes, alterations of retirement benefits
and
a new campus parking plan. He feared that some faculty believe that his
school is only a sports franchise that runs a university to retain its
eligibility for the college conference. Working for the teams, the
faculty
see tickets as their most important employee benefit.