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Article: Athlete graduation rate declines at USC
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- October 1, 1997
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Joy C. Shaw
University Wire
10-01-1997
(Daily Trojan) (U-WIRE) LOS ANGELES -- In the 1997 NCAA annual graduation rate report, which measures how many
scholarship-receiving student athletes graduate within six years, the latest
figures show a decrease of these athletes graduating compared to last year's
numbers, but this decline is not unusual, USC athletic officials said . The
current unadjusted graduation rate for USC, taken from the freshman class of
1990, is 57 percent, down from last year's record-high rate of 71 percent.
The unadjusted rate is the primary statistical method used by the NCAA, and is
based on the number of student-athletes with athletic scholarships who graduate
within ...