NCAA Rule 48: Origins and Reactions.

Wieder, Alan

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Publication Date: 1986

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NCAA Rule 48: Origins and Reactions.

Wieder, Alan

Proteus, v3 n1 p41-51 Spr 1986

National Collegiate Athletic Association Rule 48 sets academic standards for high school which incoming freshmen must have met in order to receive a grant-in-aid and play intercollegiate athletics. The author discusses why tougher standards are needed, how Rule 48 operates, what problems are, and why there is opposition to the rule. (MT)

Descriptors: Academic Standards, Athletics, Basketball, Black Achievement, Football, Higher Education, Intercollegiate Cooperation

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Language: English

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