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Peer reviewedClark, Vernon L.; And Others – Journal of Negro Education, 1986
Discusses the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA)'s rule requiring athletes to meet specific academic criteria. Describes two viewpoints (one which sees the rule as racist, and another which considers the rule as necessary to educational reform). Presents recommendations for educational improvement for all students, particularly…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Academic Standards, Athletics, Black Students
Peer reviewedJesudason, Melba – Reference Services Review, 1989
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…
Descriptors: Academic Libraries, Athletes, Athletics, College Admission
Jenkins, Gene; And Others – 1984
A review of literature and a survey of approximately 40 percent of 4,688 public, private, and parochial school principals and 60 National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) Division I institutions provide information on the effects of NCAA Rule No. 48, which mandates new academic criteria for the athletic eligibility of college entry level…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, Athletics, Educational Assessment, Eligibility
Warfield, John L. – 1984
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…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Athletes, Athletics, Black Students
