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ERIC Number: EJ341428
Record Type: CIJE
Publication Date: 1986
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About 400 Freshman Athletes in Big-Time Sports are Ineligible to Compete Under New Rules.
Farrell, Charles S.
Chronicle of Higher Education, v33 n2 p1,34 Sep 10 1986
More than 10 percent of the incoming freshman players at institutions in the NCAA's Division I are ineligible to play football or basketball this year because they did not meet new academic requirements. An overwhelming majority of the ineligible players are black. (MLW)
Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletes, Basketball, Black Students, College Freshmen, Educationally Disadvantaged, Eligibility, Football, Grade Point Average, High Risk Students, Higher Education, Scholarships, Surveys, Two Year Colleges
Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
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Language: English
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Identifiers: National Collegiate Athletic Association; National Collegiate Athletic Association Rule 48