NCAA toughens standards for Division I hopefuls
Starting in 2008, the NCAA will require that student athletes wanting to compete at Division I schools complete 16 “core” courses in the traditional four years of high school, instead of the 14 now required.
Under the new guidelines, the NCAA will require students to have four years of English; three years of math; two years of natural or physical science; an extra year of English, math or science; two years of social studies; and four years of other core courses, such as foreign language, philosophy or religion.
Some students who had academic blemishes such as sagging SAT scores or substandard grades were exercising the option to essentially redo their senior year at a prep school. The new NCAA guidelines allow students to add only one core-course grade to their high school transcript after graduating from high school.
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