1. Graduation blues.
- Author
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Wildavsky, Ben, Calvin, Courtney, Cooke, Amy Isenberg, Dickman, Bethany, Dooley, Stephanie, Ekman, Monica, Ewers, Justin, Glackin, Jeffrey, Griffin, Lisa, Henry, Meghan, Hyman, Sabrina, Johnson, Paul, Keating, Nora, Lochner, Paul, Manning, Jason, Mcintyre, Alison, Morse, Robert J., Riker, Susan, Thalhimer, Sheila, and Shu, Yingjie
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COLLEGE athletes ,COLLEGE graduates ,COLLEGE sports ,EDUCATION ,SPORTS - Abstract
Looks at how athletic graduation rates have become a benchmark to measure whether universities are meeting their educational obligations. The 1990 federal law requiring universities to report graduation rates for full-time undergraduates and for students on athletic scholarships; Graduation rates for scholarship athletes at Division 1 schools; Graduation rates for football and basketball players; Example of Duke University in Durham, North Carolina, which provides academic counseling to athletes. INSET: On and off the field.
- Published
- 2002