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  2. Progress toward degree - Wikipedia

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    The progress toward degree rule, commonly referred to as the 40-60-80 rule, is a piece of National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) legislation designed to increase retention and graduation rates of NCAA Division I student athletes. The legislation, that took effect for first time freshmen in 2003, states that by the beginning of the ...

  3. Elite 90 Award - Wikipedia

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    The Elite 90 Award or more formally The Elite 90 Academic Recognition Award Program, originally the Elite 88 Award and later the Elite 89 Award, is an award by the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) recognizing the student athlete with the highest cumulative grade-point average who has reached the competition at the finals site for each of the NCAA's 90 men's and women's ...

  4. National Collegiate Athletic Association - Wikipedia

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    The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) [b] is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, and 1 in Canada. [3] It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges and helps over 500,000 college student athletes who compete annually in college sports. [3]

  5. College athletics in the United States - Wikipedia

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    Athletes are aware of what they are committing to when they sign their full-scholarship forms. The school will be in charge of paying the student-athletes' expenses, and the student-athlete has the opportunity to earn an education, take part in academic and social activities in college, and play their sport in a high-profile manner.

  6. NCAA officially ratifies new rules allowing athletes to ...

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    The new rules go into effect immediately and were approved by the Division I council last week. The NCAA will no longer limit the amount of times that athletes can transfer schools.

  7. Academic Progress Rate - Wikipedia

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    NCAA's 1,265 member colleges and universities report that they have more than 355,000 student-athletes playing each year. Approximately 36% of these NCAA student-athletes receive a share of the $1 billion earmarked for athletic scholarships. [21] Another common misuse of the data occurs when APR results are compared between universities.

  8. NCAA Rules Trap Many College Athletes in Poverty

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    The results were none too favorable for athletes: The average scholarship shortfall -- the student's out-of-pocket expenses -- for each "full scholarship" athlete was approximately $3,222 per ...

  9. NCAA can no longer enforce NIL rules after federal judge ...

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    The NCAA fully supports student-athletes making money from their name, image and likeness and is making changes to deliver more benefits to student-athletes but an endless patchwork of state laws ...