The public service announcements during NCAA sports events use the tagline, "There are over 400,000 student-athletes in the NCAA... and almost all of them will go pro in something other than sports." The numbers behind the claim are stark and the message is clear: college graduation matters. In 2011, university presidents affirmed their…

John B. Slaughter, the chancellor of the University of Maryland, is interviewed about the impact of Len Bias's death and its long-range impact on college sports, Proposition 48, freshmen ineligibility, and his efforts to press for changes at the NCAA's presidents' commission. (MLW)

Explains the basic requirements of Proposition 48 and discusses why college student-athletes are an important target for library user education, and how libraries can help student-athletes maintain their eligibility. A library user education module for student-athletes developed at the University of Wisconsin at Madison is described. (20…

The National Collegiate Athletic Association's (NCAA) Proposition 48 would establish minimum test scores and high school grade averages as prerequisites for participation in college sports. Black leaders have protested this new rule as disciminatory. Blacks were not included on the committee that formulated this proposition, and the structural and…

This study uses preliminary data to compare college student-athlete graduation rates before and after the passage of National Collegiate Athletic Association Proposition 48, which took effect in 1986 to reform perceived abuses in college revenue sports. The data came from entering freshmen in 1984, 1985, and 1986. The population centered only on…

Presents a historical perspective on Bylaw-5-1-(j), better known as Proposition 48, of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics. Proposition 48 seems to be a relatively logical step in the evolution of the freshman eligibility…

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)

This report presents summary statistics from a study that focused on student athletes in Division I of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) who receive initial athletically related financial aid in their freshman or sophomore years. The study is a result of the efforts of NCAA's Special Committee on Academic Research to investigate…

Presents, in interview format, the views of the following people on Proposition 48 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics: (1) Joseph Johnson, President, Grambling State College; (2) John Slaughter, Chairman, NCAA's President's…

Participation in sport can be a great educational vehicle to help develop the full potential of young people. The long-term effect of Proposition 48 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics, seems to be very positive. (BJV)

This report is a description of the findings related to 5-year graduation rates of student athletes who entered National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions in the fall semester of either 1984 or 1985. The study is based on data collected in the NCAA Study of Academic Performance of Student Athletes. Overall graduations…

This study compares college student-athlete graduation rates before and after implementation of National Collegiate Athletic Association Proposition 48, which reformed initial-eligibility rules for college athletes, requiring that they have achieved minimum high school grade point averages (at least 2.0 on a 4.0 scale) in core courses and minimum…

Proposition 48 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics, discriminates against Black athletes and historically Black colleges and universities. The NCAA violates antitrust laws by price-fixing; it is not essential or even important…

Proposition 48 of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA), which calls for tougher academic standards for students seeking to participate in Division I athletics, discriminates against Black athletes and historically Black colleges and universities. Furthermore, the best athletes are not always the best students; the bill limits the…

This study describes trends in student-athletes' academic performance before and after the passage of National Collegiate Athletic Association Proposition 48 which reformed initial-eligibility rules for student athletes, requiring that they have achieved minimum high school grade point averages (at least a 2.0 on a 4.0 system) in core courses and…