Review of Two Studies on College Athlete Graduation Rates
PEMD-85-9
Published: Sep 10, 1985. Publicly Released: Sep 10, 1985.
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Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO reviewed two studies of college athletes' graduation rates to determine: (1) whether the methodologies used to produce the studies were adequate; and (2) the relevance of the studies to proposed legislation that would require colleges to graduate at least 75 percent of their scholarship athletes within 5 years in order for contributions to their athletic departments to qualify as tax deductible.
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