define('DISALLOW_FILE_EDIT', true); define('DISALLOW_FILE_MODS', true); acc graduation rates – Rush The Court http://rushthecourt.net The Independent Voice of College Basketball Thu, 08 Dec 2011 10:38:02 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.9 http://rushthecourt.net http://rushthecourt.net/wp-content/mbp-favicon/RTC.jpg Rush The Court ACC Morning Five: 12.08.11 Edition http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/08/acc-morning-five-12-08-11-edition/ http://rushthecourt.net/2011/12/08/acc-morning-five-12-08-11-edition/#respond Thu, 08 Dec 2011 13:00:36 +0000 http://rushthecourt.net/?p=50613

Triangle Business Journal: The numbers are somewhat questionable, but the ACC has the highest differential between the percentage of basketball players that graduate and the percentage of normal students that graduate, with a whopping difference of 41%. I say the numbers are questionable because they don’t account for athletes transferring, athletes entering the NBA Draft, or member schools having extremely high graduation rates to start. Basically, you don’t want to rip the conference too much, but the discrepancy is too large to ignore. If athletes are being “compensated” with a scholarship, shouldn’t more of them be graduating? I’d like to [...]]]>
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