Graduation Rates For Student Athletes
There is a proven correlation between playing sports and academic performance, this may be in part due to strict guidelines that require athletes maintain a certain GPA to be eligible for sports. Because of this many teens that previously were at risk for dropping out graduate, many times with honors. These students often continue to college after high school. Recently the, federal law mandated that universities reveal their graduation rates purportedly to inform policy makers and constituencies about efforts to support educational attainment for students and athletes. Revealing the graduation rates of student athletes allows prospective student athletes to estimate the course load and amount of practice and game time that will consume their schedules by looking at student athletes that have already attended the institution. Universities with more selective admission policies graduate both students and athletes at higher rates, although their athletes graduate at lower rates, relative to their student cohorts.
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