Ken,

I'd have to disagree with that statement. At Purdue, things are similar to MTU's ways. The college students play a very big role on each team (at least my team last year did, and Ive seen no evidence to prove it otherwise). The college students team up with 2 or 3 teachers from each high school with Purdue Faculty overseeing the students as a whole.

Sure there will be exceptions to this as every school is run differently.

If you come into a team at a limited role, or telling yourself you will only go 2 days a week, its very easy to let your guard down and those 2 days turn into 5, 6, or every day.

It's a tricky situation and everyone is different. I provided my story just to let people know the risks in addition to the many benefits of this program.