The NCAA Division I Board of Directors, made up of university presidents, have unanimously approved increasing the required academic performance of all teams and mandated that teams must meet those requirements in order to participate in any NCAA sponsored championship or football bowl game. The announcement was made following a two-day retreat focused on improving intercollegiate athletics in a variety of ways: academics, fiscal responsibility and integrity called by NCAA President Mark Emmert.
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College Kids Still Look for Favorite Major First
Nearly 63 percent of graduating seniors who have chosen a college to attend this fall are headed to their first choice. Of those headed somewhere else, about 35 percent were not admitted to their top choice and 31 percent said they could not afford to go there.