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Graduation Rates:
WASHINGTON â€" If U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had his
way, a dozen of the teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament would not be eligible to play in it, including
top-seeded Kentucky.
"Duncan proposes teams with graduation rates of less than 40% be banned
from postseason play."
...
"That's a low bar," Duncan said Tuesday. "If you
can't graduate two out of five of your student-athletes, how serious are
you about the academic part of your mission?"
The schools that have men's basketball teams with
graduation rates of less than 40% are Arkansas-Pine Bluff (29%), Baylor
(36%), California (20%), Clemson (37%), Georgia Tech (38%), Kentucky
(31%), Louisville (38%), Maryland (8%), Missouri (36%), New Mexico
State (36%), Tennessee (30%) and Washington (29%).http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2010-03-16-grad-rate-proposal_N.htm
Notice that all of the teams mentioned are coal-black. I hope it becomes "law".
WASHINGTON â€" If U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan had his
way, a dozen of the teams in the men's NCAA basketball tournament would not be eligible to play in it, including
top-seeded Kentucky.
"Duncan proposes teams with graduation rates of less than 40% be banned
from postseason play."
...
"That's a low bar," Duncan said Tuesday. "If you
can't graduate two out of five of your student-athletes, how serious are
you about the academic part of your mission?"
The schools that have men's basketball teams with
graduation rates of less than 40% are Arkansas-Pine Bluff (29%), Baylor
(36%), California (20%), Clemson (37%), Georgia Tech (38%), Kentucky
(31%), Louisville (38%), Maryland (8%), Missouri (36%), New Mexico
State (36%), Tennessee (30%) and Washington (29%).http://www.usatoday.com/sports/college/mensbasketball/2010-03-16-grad-rate-proposal_N.htm
Notice that all of the teams mentioned are coal-black. I hope it becomes "law".