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Forbes
20-05-2025
- Science
- Forbes
College Students Can Be Hindered By Course Shutouts New Study Finds
A new study finds several negative effects when college students are shut out of courses in which ... More they wanted to register. What happens when first-year college students are unable to register in the courses they want? A new research study suggests that the effects can amount to more than a mere annoyance; resulting, instead, in several negative repercussions, particularly for certain categories of undergraduates. In a recent National Bureau of Economic Research working paper titled, "College Course Shutouts," economists Kevin Mumford (Purdue University), Richard Patterson and Anthony Kim (both at Brigham Young University) examined the consequences of students being unable to enroll in the courses they desired because of limitations in capacity. The researchers took advantage of the fact that Purdue University introduced 'batch registration' to assign first-year student to their course schedules on a quasi-random basis during the fall 2018 semester when there was about 2,000 more students than typical but with only a small corresponding increase in course capacity. Their analysis is based on the experiences of 7,646 traditional non-athlete students who requested to enroll in one or more of 241 over-subscribed courses during their first semester of enrollment. The course assignment algorithm resulted in 45% of students in the sample being assigned to each of the courses they requested, while 55% were shut out from at least one requested course (9% were shut out from two or more courses). The researchers defined a 'shutout' as a course request by a student that was not granted, either because no class was assigned or because another course was assigned in its place. The research team found that course shutouts had several adverse academic consequences. For example, first-year students who were initially shut out from a course were 35 percentage points less likely to ever complete that course, and they were 25 percentage points less likely to take a course in the same subject. The researchers also investigated the effects of shutouts on credits earned, GPA, major choice, dropouts, and on-time graduation. The researchers also found that the effects of course shutouts were moderated by student gender. For female students, each first-semester freshman shutout 'reduced first-semester credits earned by 0.4 credits, cumulative GPA by 0.05 points, the probability of majoring in a STEM field by 2.9 percentage points (or 5.0%), the probability of graduating within 4 years by 5 percentage points (or 7.5%), and starting salary by $2,100.' However, for male students, shutouts did not significant affect credits earned, cumulative GPA, the choice of a STEM major, or on-time graduation. Each shutout was estimated to increase both the likelihood that male students chose a major from the business school by 1.9 percentage points (or 24%) and their starting salary by $2,000. In addition, although students with high SAT scores were largely unaffected by course shutouts, students with low SAT scores experienced more negative effects, particularly a lower likelihood of declaring a STEM major. The results are consistent with other studies that have shown negative academic consequences from course shutouts. While some short-term effects might not appear too surprising, the impact of shutouts on the choice of majors (and subsequent job earnings) is an eye-opener, as is the fact that shutouts contributed to a different academic trajectory for women than men and for students with lower SAT scores While shutouts nudge men toward the business school majors, they push female students out of STEM majors, constituting one more reason why women are less likely to earn STEM degrees than men. And shutouts appear to be more disruptive for students with lower standardized admission test scores. Course rationing is a common means for colleges to reduce their instructional costs, but this study suggests it could introduce new costs and unintended consequences, especially in terms of student success and altered career paths. 'In an environment where institutions are interested in widening the path to high-return majors, decreasing gender gaps in STEM fields, improving student GPAs, and reducing time to graduation, our estimates suggest that reducing course shutouts, particularly for STEM courses, can be an effective way to improve these student outcomes,' the authors concluded.
New York Times
14-05-2025
- Sport
- New York Times
Rory McIlroy and the Quail Hollow win that started his legendary PGA Tour career
CHARLOTTE, N.C. — In 2010, a soon-to-be 21-year-old Rory McIlroy entered the Quail Hollow Championship with back pain, wavering confidence and all of Europe waiting at home for their golden child's moment to come. A 36-year-old McIlroy returns this week, at the PGA Championship, on top of the world. McIlroy, now a Masters winner and career Grand Slam champion, showed up this week and said that he's accomplished everything that he wanted in this game. Advertisement 'I dreamed as a child of becoming the best player in the world and winning all the majors. I've done that,' he said Wednesday. 'Everything beyond this, for however long I decide to play the game competitively, is a bonus.' Grayer, stronger and in possession of a green jacket he wondered would ever be his, McIlroy is here this week in a different stage of his life. But the journey started at Quail Hollow, where he can still recall the exact clubs and yardages that helped him win his first PGA Tour event 15 years ago. He remembers that he hit 4-iron from 206 to set up eagle and make the cut on the number. That he stayed up until 2 a.m. the night before the final round, watching a boxing match. That his playing partner in the final pairing was another phenom of the moment, Anthony Kim. Since then, McIlroy has 44 professional wins, four of them at this course. 'Whether it's your first win or first major, whatever it is, those things stay with you,' McIlroy said. A look back at who McIlroy was then — what kind of player he was with decades of potential in front of him — tells us a lot about the kind of golfer McIlroy could be at Quail Hollow this week. 'I think part of the reason that I've played so well here since is I had that positive momentum, those positive memories, and every time I come here, those good feelings get rekindled,' McIlroy said. 'It's been a good place for me.' There's one observation that resurfaces repeatedly as players speak of McIlroy in his late teens and early 20s: The young ballstriker had no reservations on the golf course. 'Naturally, at 17 years old, he had this fearlessness about him,' Trevor Immelman says. 'He just didn't know any better yet.' Immelman remembers the first time he played with the young Ulsterman. It was the 2007 Open Championship at Carnoustie, and an amateur McIlroy approached him on the driving range, looking for a practice round pairing ahead of his major championship debut. Immelman obliged, and upon hearing the first strike of McIlroy's blade irons against the firm seaside soil, he knew he was in the presence of a unique talent. Six holes in, Immelman's swing coach at the time, David Leadbetter, joined for a pre-tournament stroll. Advertisement 'Who is this you're playing with? Who's this young kid?' Leadbetter asked. 'Well, this is Rory McIlroy,' Immelman replied. 'And he's making me feel inferior in every aspect of the game right now.' McIlroy finished as the low amateur that week in Scotland and turned professional shortly after. He quickly made his splash in Europe as a pro. In 2008, McIlroy became the youngest player ever to earn his European Tour card and had several close calls in big tournaments. In 2009, he hoisted his first professional trophy in Dubai. Then came his first major championship starts as a professional and a decision — an Atlantic Ocean-sized decision. McIlroy told the world that he was going to play his 2010 season in the U.S. The transition did not come without its difficulties. McIlroy's lower back was flaring up and his growing European fanbase eagerly awaited his American charge. 'Looking from the outside, he was suffering at that time,' Harrington says. 'You can come out, you're fresh and new, but then you have to get past that barrier of feeling like you belong. This is a problem for the European guys. It's very easy to get lost in the States. I think Rory was suffering from that when he went over. I know he played events over there, but you have to start again.' McIlroy was never supposed to play that week in Charlotte. After the Masters, he retreated to the motherland: the North Antrim Causeway Coast. He played friendly matches at Royal County Down and Royal Portrush, where at the latter he posted a 67 in blustering conditions. That's when he changed his mind. If McIlroy could post a number there, he could do it in the U.S. It might have been against his doctor's wishes, but McIlroy decided to resume his rookie tour season after that visit and play Quail Hollow for the first time. 'I came over here excited,' McIlroy says now. 'I came over here excited to play.' Fifteen years ago, a light but steady breeze grazed the Quail Hollow fairways as a young Northern Irishman continued to live out his dream: Playing in the U.S. as a full-time member of the PGA Tour. The vision hadn't dissipated as McIlroy closed in on the 36-hole cut. But the reality did look different than what the international prodigy expected and wanted. Advertisement McIlroy was on the verge of missing his third consecutive weekend after poor play at the Houston Open and the Masters. His best finish that calendar year in the U.S. was a T40 at the Honda Classic. The early-season stress took a toll on his L4 and L5 vertebrae. It was not the only part of him in need of some time off. In between the ears, McIlroy was a mess. He needed a reset — a moment to sort himself out. He did that in Northern Ireland, and the 2010 Quail Hollow Championship came next. That cloudy Friday afternoon in Charlotte, McIlroy needed to go two-under in his closing holes to cash a check, make the cut and settle down the bubbling narratives. He'd already won his first European Tour event in Dubai. His crusade to win in the States? It wasn't off to a spectacular start. 'Confidence is a strange thing. You need it,' says Padraig Harrington, who finished T7 in the tournament that week. 'Rory had to prove himself in Europe. Then he had to prove himself all over again in the States.' A 206-yard four-iron into No. 7 green (McIlroy's 16th) set up an eagle three. McIlroy finished eagle-par-par that Friday afternoon — two-putting from 60 feet on the 9th — to make the cut on the number. 'The most important shot of the year, to be honest,' McIlroy said. When McIlroy found himself in a moment of consequence that Friday afternoon at Quail Hollow, he suddenly had a window of opportunity when he least expected it. Free golf. A chance to secure his PGA Tour membership when he could have easily been stuck outside the ropes for the rest of the weekend. Those three holes might have altered the course of McIlroy's career. Those swings revealed a blueprint: Here's what McIlroy is capable of when he puts his foot on the gas, finds a groove and executes the improbable. McIlroy's name only briefly surfaced in the Sunday morning news coverage of that year's Quail Hollow Championship. A 46-year-old Billy Mayfair held the 54-hole lead, looking to win for the first time in 12 years. Tiger Woods had just put together one of the worst performances of his career: He missed a cut for just the sixth time since joining the tour, shooting 74-79. Phil Mickelson came down with food poisoning at the start of the week but somehow played his way into contention. Anthony Kim came into the tournament with a recent win in Houston, but he was battling a mysterious thumb injury. 'Shaq fouled me,' Kim joked in his pre-tournament press conference. Advertisement McIlroy, meanwhile, flew under the radar until that wasn't possible anymore. On Friday night, he decided to put his 'old trusty putter' back in his bag. His ensuing third-round 66, with a bogey on the 18th hole, was the lowest of the day. 'I think this is a sign that I was relieved and I could play with a bit more freedom when I was just going into the weekend and trying to shoot the best score I could,' said McIlroy after the round. Freedom is a feeling that McIlroy has been attempting to bottle up and never let go since he started in this line of work. He spoke about it in light of his recent career-defining victory at the 2025 Masters. A victory that completed the fourth leg of the career Grand Slam and shut down a narrative that the Northern Irishman might never win a major again. He had close call after close call. St. Andrews, Los Angeles Country Club, Pinehurst — self-imposed blunders caused all of those to slip away. For 14 years, that 2011 collapse at Augusta National never seemed to escape his memory. McIlroy was candid about it after the fact. That was a burden. A big one. Now? It's gone. 'Look, it was a heavy weight to carry, and thankfully now I don't have to carry it and it frees me up,' McIlroy said last month. 'I know I'm coming back here every year, which is lovely.' It isn't totally clear what McIlroy will do now with all that built-in freedom. But maybe it is. Just look at Quail. In 2010, Sunday's conditions reminded Mickelson and his caddie Jim 'Bones' Mackay of a U.S. Open test. You just didn't see a low score coming — Mickelson shot a 68 to finish second. That is, until McIlroy's. The details of the day are best communicated in numbers: A course-record-breaking 62. The lowest 18-hole card of the day by four. Six consecutive threes to finish the round, including an eagle tap-in and a 45-footer for birdie at the last. 'That roar could be heard in South Carolina,' Mackay says. Advertisement 'I remember thinking, and it's so cliche, but my goodness gracious, what golf course are you playing? You just didn't see scores that this guy was making out at Quail Hollow.' McIlroy became the first player since Woods to win before the age 21 that week. One Sunday in Charlotte — but really one Friday afternoon — springboarded him. Not only in that calendar year but beyond. Now McIlroy was inside the Official World Golf Ranking top-10. Now he was consistently contending in major championships. Now he was winning the 2011 U.S. Open by eight. 'That could have been the biggest moment in his golfing career,' Harrington says. 'Those three holes to make the cut.' McIlroy returns this week, a man changed by time and experience. He'll tee off with Scottie Scheffler and Xander Schauffele in the marquee group. He'll go to bed early and wake up just as early. He'll go out and try to win a sixth major. But who's counting anymore?
Reuters
25-02-2025
- Health
- Reuters
Anthony Kim reveals he has blood clot in leg, says he'll be fine
February 25 - Anthony Kim announced Tuesday over social media that he has been diagnosed with a blood clot. "Long story but two weeks before (LIV Golf Riyadh) I started feeling bad and couldn't figure out what was wrong," Kim wrote on Instagram. "Well found out yesterday it was a blood clot in my leg." Kim, 39, noted that doctors have taken "good care of me" and "I will be fine." His announcement on Tuesday comes five days after he publicly celebrated two years of sobriety. He also spoke about his lengthy battle with alcohol and drugs on the PGA Tour and how he endured suicidal thoughts for nearly 20 years before turning his life around. Kim turned pro in 2006 and recorded PGA Tour victories at the 2008 Wachovia Championship, 2008 AT&T National and 2010 Houston Open. He climbed as high as No. 6 in the world rankings in September 2008. An Achilles injury in 2012 led to surgery, and many others followed during his 12-year absence from professional golf.
Reuters
21-02-2025
- Sport
- Reuters
Anthony Kim reveals decades of drug, alcohol abuse -- and recovery
February 21 - Celebrating two years of sobriety on Thursday, LIV Golf's Anthony Kim posted on Instagram about his lengthy battle with alcohol and drugs on the PGA Tour and how he endured suicidal thoughts for nearly 20 years before turning his life around. "Two years sober. Biggest accomplishment of my life," the 39-year-old Kim wrote. "I was barely physically able to walk into rehab needing assistance from my sober coach as my body was shutting down." While on the PGA Tour, Kim said on Instagram that he used drugs and alcohol every day to "numb the pain," hinting that the usage also happened during majors. "I got so good at hiding it that I lost who I was," he said. "It's f--in' hard playing majors making porta potty stops every few holes." Kim played in 15 majors while a member of the PGA Tour from 2007-11, finishing as high as third in the 2010 Masters after a final-round 65. He totaled five top-20 major finishes in that stretch, setting a Masters record in 2009 for most birdies in a round with 11 before finishing 20th. A thumb injury in 2010 hampered his performance and led to him withdrawing from his final three tour events in 2012 and exiting professional golf. After a lengthy absence, Kim returned to pro golf with LIV last year in his first start in the U.S. in 12 years. Upon returning, he kept his struggles close to the vest, but opened up on Instagram about how much rehab helped him and how important every day is during his recovery. "In rehab I found faith, self love and respect and purpose," he wrote. "I am not proud of who I was but I am today. One of the many things I realized is how grateful we all need to be for what we have now and to spend time with real friends because tomorrow is not guaranteed. "I promised myself when I was in the ER for six days that I would do everything I could to make a difference to show my daughter that it's never too late to keep trying. I am currently working on a few things that I know will change peoples lives including a website where I will be sharing both good and bad experiences that hopefully others struggling can learn from." Kim, who has finished T49 (Riyadh) and T51 (Adelaide) with LIV Golf this year, wants to encourage those battling with addiction to seek help and regain control of their lives. "Not long before this moment I contemplated ending my life every day for almost two decades even while playing (on the PGA Tour), when I to the public seemed happy while struggling with addiction and mental illness," he wrote. "This post isn't to tell everyone to get sober but for people who are letting addiction ruin their lives as I did that you can turn your life around." --Field Level Media
