I could be wrong about this, but from the report I heard on NPR yesterday
morning, if this is upheld colleges cannot set academic elegibility
requirements for incoming athletes at all--based on grades, scores, or
anything. According to this commentary, coaches argued that minority
athletes were being unfairly denied scholarships. The commentator cited
data to indicate that in fact since 1986 when this rule was set in place the
number of minority students receiving scholarships had not declined--his
interpretation: students who were perhaps not quite as gifted
atheletically, but more academically prepared received the scholarships.
Kris Lewis
Saint Michael's College
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> From: Rick Froman[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 10, 1999 9:57 AM
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> Subject: Re: NCAA and SATs
>
> Jeffrey Nagelbush writes on 10 Mar 99,:
>
> > Deb Briihl wrote: >Anyone catch the news report on the guy from Temple
> > who won the court case >to stop the NCAA from using SAT scores because
> > they were racially biased? I >couldn't locate anything on the web right
> > away on this.
> >
> > I haven't seen much except the above is not quite correct. The NCAA
> > cannot use ONLY the SAT or ACT. They can use the tests, but not as the
> > only criterion.
> >
> > Jeff Nagelbush
>
> If Jeff is correct, and he has never given me reason to doubt his
> veracity,
> I would say that this ruling would be quite in line with what the test
> manual for these tests would suggest is a proper use of the test scores.
> Every test manual that I have ever seen includes a disclaimer that the
> test should not be used as the sole criterion in making judgments about
> individuals.
>
> Rick
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