Graduation rate falls for CU athletes
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The University of Colorado has logged its lowest graduation rate for student athletes in five years, according to a report released Monday by the NCAA.
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With her first child headed for college this fall and two more soon to follow, Carol Wright was lost. Campus tours, applications, financial aid forms, transcripts, SAT scores, class planning &#151; and that was just the beginning.
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By Omaha World-Herald, Neb.  Dec. 17--LINCOLN -- The University of Nebraska-Lincoln awarded degrees to 1,300 students during commencement exercises Saturday at the Devaney Center.   Sen. Chuck Hagel delivered the commencement speech.
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About 50 colleges across the country have a six-year graduation rate below 20 percent, according to a nonprofit research group.
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The team that had won 25 Beanpot championships, beaten Northeastern 10 straight times in tournament play, and made victories on second Mondays in February a virtual requirement for graduation appeared much more timid than its history might have dictated.
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New Jersey Institute of Technology didn't win much in its final season in Division II. Now that the school is in Division I, it's not winning at all.
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Colorado will have more to remember about this season than just scandal and turmoil -- most notably, a trip to the Big 12 title game that seemed nearly impossible just a few weeks ago.
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Poor graduation rates under tougher standards passed on Tuesday by the NCAA would have caused scholarship losses in a larger percentage of college programs.
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The New Jersey Institute of Technology menâs basketball team has not been able to overcome substantial obstacles and has lost more games than all but two N.C.A.A. Division I teams.
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FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. -- When Said Ahmed finished third in the 800 meters at the NCAA Indoor Championships three years ago as a freshman with a career-best time of 1:47.80, he thought he was bound for glory every time he laced up his track shoes. He learned quickly how wrong he was. Now a junior at the University of Arkansas, the ...
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NCAA PRESIDENT Myles Brand brags that the 77 percent graduation rate of all major college athletes will soon be 80 percent. He would get there faster if he bans basketball teams from the NCAA tournament that have 80-percent graduation gaps .
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&quot;For the benefit of our student-athletes and fans, we simply cannot afford another year of decline and now is the time for new leadership to be brought in,&quot; Kathy Beauregard, the school&#39;s Director of Intercollegiate Athletics, said in a statement.
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Iowa State makes a slew of late-game errors and falls to Missouri, 17-14, in overtime. The loss sends Colorado to the Big 12 title game against Oklahoma.
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Colorado will have more to remember about this season than just scandal and turmoil &#151; most notably, a trip to the Big 12 title game that seemed nearly impossible just a few weeks ago.
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The scene at the end of Colorado's victory Saturday night probably was not what the university was looking for after a tumultuous off-season.
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One by one, they have all fallen. Challengers with big ideas, bigger ambitions. Teams such as Notre Dame, California, and perhaps, in the future, Ohio State.
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The NCAA turned down Cincinnati quarterback Ben Mauk's request for another season of eligibility, a major setback for the up-and-coming Big East team that finished with a No. 17 ranking.