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The NCAA passed new legislation to remind some members that they are institutions of higher learning (can you University of Cincinnati 
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http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Fridayarticle3.shtml
NCAA approves academic reforms
By STEVE HERMAN
Associated Press
published: 4/30/2004
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA approved a sweeping package of academic reforms Thursday that will penalize schools starting in 2006 if athletes perform too poorly in the classroom.
"This is the beginning of a sea change in college sports," NCAA president Myles Brand said. "Landmark legislation was passed to ensure each and every student-athlete has a genuine opportunity to receive a high quality education and graduate."
Athletes will have to stay above a still-undetermined graduation rate for schools to avoid punishment.
Brand said graduation targets for each school are being calculated. This fall, he said, each school will be notified "how much at risk it would have been" had the new standards already been in place.
The Division I Management Council originally proposed waiting an extra year before putting the reforms in place, but the NCAA Board of Directors decided to push it up to 2006 because it felt data wouldn't change much by waiting.
The board previously voted to increase the number of core courses needed for freshman eligibility and to increase the number of hours required toward graduation to remain eligible.
Another piece of the package, approved last fall, required athletes to complete 20 percent of their degree requirements each year to remain eligible. The latest measure was designed to make the colleges themselves more accountable for keeping athletes on track to graduate. . . .
Schools that fall below that line will receive warning letters beginning in 2006-07. Consistently poor performing teams could begin losing scholarships in 2007-08 and postseason eligibility and money from NCAA tournaments starting in 2008-09.
Also, if a scholarship athlete leaves school while not academically eligible, that scholarship may not be replaced for one year under a "contemporaneous" penalty that goes into effect this fall.
).http://www.argusleader.com/sports/Fridayarticle3.shtml
NCAA approves academic reforms
By STEVE HERMAN
Associated Press
published: 4/30/2004
INDIANAPOLIS - The NCAA approved a sweeping package of academic reforms Thursday that will penalize schools starting in 2006 if athletes perform too poorly in the classroom.
"This is the beginning of a sea change in college sports," NCAA president Myles Brand said. "Landmark legislation was passed to ensure each and every student-athlete has a genuine opportunity to receive a high quality education and graduate."
Athletes will have to stay above a still-undetermined graduation rate for schools to avoid punishment.
Brand said graduation targets for each school are being calculated. This fall, he said, each school will be notified "how much at risk it would have been" had the new standards already been in place.
The Division I Management Council originally proposed waiting an extra year before putting the reforms in place, but the NCAA Board of Directors decided to push it up to 2006 because it felt data wouldn't change much by waiting.
The board previously voted to increase the number of core courses needed for freshman eligibility and to increase the number of hours required toward graduation to remain eligible.
Another piece of the package, approved last fall, required athletes to complete 20 percent of their degree requirements each year to remain eligible. The latest measure was designed to make the colleges themselves more accountable for keeping athletes on track to graduate. . . .
Schools that fall below that line will receive warning letters beginning in 2006-07. Consistently poor performing teams could begin losing scholarships in 2007-08 and postseason eligibility and money from NCAA tournaments starting in 2008-09.
Also, if a scholarship athlete leaves school while not academically eligible, that scholarship may not be replaced for one year under a "contemporaneous" penalty that goes into effect this fall.