NCAA tackles grad rates

New academic rules aim to boost the number of degrees earned.

DEBRA E. BLUM, AND DOUGLAS LEDERMAN
Statesman Journal November 24, 2003

Embarrassed by poor graduation rates for football and basketball players, the NCAA again is implementing new academic rules to ensure that colleges put more athletes on track to earn degrees.

Of concern, however, is whether the rules will trigger more instances of what has become the association’s recurring public relations nightmare: academic fraud.