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Article: Mid-Con coaches prefer graduation rate myths
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- Post-Tribune (IN)
- Article date:
- March 4, 2002
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THIS ELECTRONIC VERSION MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY FROM PRINTED VERSION
Listening to Mid-Continent Conference coaches and administrators whine about the "misleading" graduation rates the NCAA publishes made my ears hurt.
The excuse train for the overall mediocre -- and that's being generous -- report card for the Mid-Con's graduation rate is longer than an extra-inning baseball game.
The real truth does take some work to sort out,
Let's start by dispelling the three most common myths that were offered as the NCAA's poor methodology by schools.
Myth No. 1: It's not the true rate because transfers count against the school.
Simple explanation. The NCAA, by law, has to account for graduation rates ...