Yeah...maybe the Science Dept can make up the difference with an annual science fair....or bake sale.
http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-penn-state-joe-paterno-column-kline-20120122,0,425957.columnJoePa's support of academics and the success of his team combined to make Penn State a desirable place for students — not just athletes. Penn State's enrollment has exploded over the years to 85,000, including those at its satellite campuses. Some years, 70,000 or more high school seniors apply for the 7,000 or so freshman-class openings at Penn State's University Park campus.
Penn State has become a strong academic institution — not just a strong football program — in large part because of Joe Paterno. For example:
•Since 1966, when Paterno became head coach, Penn State's endowment has grown from practically nothing to $1.67 billion as of 2007.
•Paterno's fund-raising efforts, including campaigns using his name, have resulted in about $2 billion for Penn State.
•The university has added a law school and medical school since 1996.
•The University Park campus has nearly doubled in size since 1966.
•JoePa even donated to charity some of his proceeds from merchandise sold with his image.
•He probably was the most underpaid coach, relatively speaking, in the history of big-time college football, last fall making less than all but one other coach in the Big Ten Conference.
•He won the National Heritage Award of the Anti-Defamation League for his role as humanitarian and philanthropist.
•Paterno was named Sportsman of the Year by Sports Illustrated, an honor for sportsmanship as well as for achievement.
•He has produced 74 Academic All-Americans, and Penn State football consistently is a national leader in the percentage of its players who graduate — and that includes high graduation rates for minorities, too.
•He measured the success of his teams not in wins and losses, but how those players later influenced society as teachers and surgeons and engineers and leaders.
